FDA-E.900-2013
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.900-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
The Hall & c. from the Brewhouse Yard
Title Type
assigned by artist
Comments
Following the founding of Eton College by Henry VI in 1440, College Hall was built between 1442 and 1450 as the dining hall for the school’s 70 scholars. Henry VI’s ability to rule declined through the latter years of his reign, which were also marred by the troubled state of the crown's finances. As a result, building work at Eton was completed hastily and economically. The rush to complete College Hall is evident in the bay window. The original ambition for a further row of lights above the blind tracery is clear from the exterior, where the design of the window has been squared off.
Description
Content (place)
Eton
Dimensions
height (sight size): 235mm
width (sight size): 327mm
width (sight size): 327mm
Materials & techniques note
Chromo-lithograph
Physical description
Modern Hogarth frame
Production
Person
Radclyffe, Charles Walter (), 1817 - 1903 (Artist)
Day & Haghe (Lithographer)
T. Ingalton & Son (Publisher)
Day & Haghe (Lithographer)
T. Ingalton & Son (Publisher)
Date
1844
History and association
References
• Radcliffe, C. W., Memorials of Eton College, published by T. Ingalton and Son, 1844
