Photograph
Category
Photographs
Date
circa 1869 - circa 1874
Materials
Paper and card
Measurements
125 x 175 mm
Order this imageCollection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 793437.36
Summary
Cabinet card photograph of an octagonal wooden table in a wood paneled room, probably the birching room at Eton College. On the table is a bound bundle of sticks, probably a birch rod. To the left of the table is a wooden block in the shape of two steps.
Provenance
Part of the Hussey collection. The contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 2006 by Mrs. Elizabeth Hussey.