FDA-P.606-2025
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.606-2025
Object type
Identification
Title
Eton College Chapel
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Painted view of a chapel with scaffolding on one end, within a landscape
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 440mm
width (frame): 540mm
width (frame): 540mm
Inscription
Inscribed on verso of canvas in oil paint: ‘Painted for presentation / Dr Leeds July 1963 / by Oliver Thomas’
Inscribed in black ink, on a label attached to verso of frame: ‘PAINTED BY / OLIVER THOMAS / PRESENTATION / TO DR GEOFFREY NORMAN / LEEDS / ON HIS RETIREMENT / FROM ETON COLLEGE JULY / 1963’
Inscribed in black ink, on a label attached to verso of frame: ‘PAINTED BY / OLIVER THOMAS / PRESENTATION / TO DR GEOFFREY NORMAN / LEEDS / ON HIS RETIREMENT / FROM ETON COLLEGE JULY / 1963’
Production
Person
Thomas, Oliver Charles, 1919 - 2010 (Artist)
Date
1963
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Dr Geoffrey Norman Leeds (music master at Eton, 1919-64) by the artist;; sold through Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers, Macclesfield, 5 Jun 2024 (Lot 526); from which sale purchased by Eton College
