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Eton College from the Playing Fields [ms]
W. Evans 1823 [in image]
Rare lithograph with hand-colouring, sheet 180 x 245mm (7 x 9½"). Trimmed and false margins added.
Eton College, founded in 1440 by Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor", located in Eton, near Windsor, Berkshire. Lithograph by William Evans of Eton (1798-1877), watercolour painter, executed in 1823, the year that Evans was appointed drawing-master of Eton. Evans' later work reflects the influence of artist friends such as Edwin Landseer and J.F. Lewis.
[Ref: 41388] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Christ Church College - Peckwater Quad.]
E.W. Evans [pencil signature].
London Published Sept.r 16th 1892 by Mess.rs Dickinson & Foster, Publishers to the Queen, 111 New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
Rare etching, artist's proof. Limited edition 160 signed proofs; 420 x 590mm (16½ x 23¼"). Some surface abrasion.
The Grade I listed Peckwater Quadrangle (or ''Peck''), one of the earliest examples of English neo-Palladian architecture.
[Ref: 56681] £380.00
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