PA-A.1-2012
Parts
Object number
PA-A.1-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Lord Quickswood's photograph album
Description
Photographs of Eton at the Quincentenary of the College: 1940 - 1944.
Other number
A:\ALB I
Description
Content (description)
Photos of Eton taken by an unknown boy at Provost, Lord Quickswood's suggestion for the Quincentenary of the College in 1940 - 1944. The album includes photographs of interiors and external Eton buildings, bomb damage, and general life and activities at the school at the start of the Second World War.
Inscriptions inside the album reads:
'Album 1. Volume of photos taken by a boy at Lord Quickswood's suggestion. 1940-41'
'These photographs were taken at my suggestion by a boy, and are intended to show what Eton looked like at the time of the Quincentenary, 1940 - 44. The plan was imperfectly carried out, but even as it is, is of some interest. November 1944. Quickswood, Provost.'
Inscriptions inside the album reads:
'Album 1. Volume of photos taken by a boy at Lord Quickswood's suggestion. 1940-41'
'These photographs were taken at my suggestion by a boy, and are intended to show what Eton looked like at the time of the Quincentenary, 1940 - 44. The plan was imperfectly carried out, but even as it is, is of some interest. November 1944. Quickswood, Provost.'
Dimensions
height: 208mm
width: 387mm
depth: 68mm
width: 387mm
depth: 68mm
Physical description
Dark green leather bound album. Gilt edges. Paper pages have been decorated with ink and pencil.
Production
Person
Unknown boy (Photographer)
Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoigne-Cecil, 1869 - 1956, 1st Baron Quickswood, Provost of Eton (Commissioned by)
Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoigne-Cecil, 1869 - 1956, 1st Baron Quickswood, Provost of Eton (Commissioned by)
Date
1940 - 1944
History and association
Associated object
PA-A.1:1-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:2-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:3-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:4-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:5-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:6-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:7-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:8-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:9-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:10-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:2-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:3-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:4-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:5-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:6-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:7-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:8-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:9-2012 (part of collection)
PA-A.1:10-2012 (part of collection)
Object history note
Photographs from this album are individually catalogued as PA-A.1-1-2012 to PA-A.1-58-2012.
