The Montem at Eton, with Windsor Castle beyond the River Thames
William Parrott (Overley 1813 – after 1875)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1849 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
818 x 1251 mm
Place of origin
Eton
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515647
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Montem at Eton, with Windsor Castle beyond the River Thames, by William Parrott (Overley 1813 – after 1875), signed and dated W.P. 18.. The Castle seen beyond the river with Royal Barge, and groups in fancy dress in foreground. Gilt frame, labelled 'Windsor and the Montem at Eton in 1849, W. Parrott 1813-1869. Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1849, Exhibited at the Eton Quincentenary 1947'.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
William Parrott (Overley 1813 – after 1875), artist