Entrance to Eton College Chapel and Upper School with the Statue of King Henry VI, Founder of the School
Nora Davison
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1881 - 1948
Materials
Pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
Measurements
203 x 279 mm (8 x 11 in)
Place of origin
Eton
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22413
Summary
Pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper, Entrance to Eton College Chapel and Upper School with the Statue of King Henry VI the founder of the School by Nora Davison (fl.1881-1900), signed Nora Davison at lower right. Gilded wood frame.
Provenance
Frost and Reed; Lady Wraxall, 1948; purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, the Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: On reverse a paper label, printing within border FROST AND REED LTD above a crest; to left of crest BRISTOL / CLARE STREET / ARTISTIC FRAME MAKERS, to right, LONDON / 41 NEW BOND ST.W1 / ESTABLISHED 1808, beneath crest FINE ART PUBLISHERS. PICTURE REPARATIOn / No. 7056, Date 30/6/48 written in ink as is LADY WRAXALL above top border.
Makers and roles
Nora Davison, artist