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FDA-Sc.49-2017

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Object number

FDA-Sc.49-2017

Object type

Identification

Title

Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

'Many Old Etonians, still in the enjoyment of good health and spirits, can recall the first School Library in Weston's Yard. It formed part of "New Buildings," which were built in the reign of Hawtrey in 1846... It was furnished with... the bust of Praed...'

['The School Library', Eton College Chronicle, No.1301, Thursday, February 3, 1910, p.621]

Other number

FDA-A.151-2010

Description

Content (person)

Dimensions

height (actual size): 740mm
width (actual size): 570mm
depth (actual size): 270mm

Inscription

Signed and dated: 'C.SMITH, FECIT:1841'

Material

marble

Production

Date

1841

History and association

Object history note

Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1841, catalogue no. 1313

References

• Gunnis, R., Dictionary of British Scultpors 1660-1851 (p.355)
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