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[Eton St. Andrew's Day.]
Tom. M. Hemy 1887. G.Woolliscroft Rhead sc.
London, Published Jan.y 1st 1888 by Mess.rs Dickensons, Publishers to the Queen, 114 New Bond Street W. Copyright Registered.
Etching, proof limited.edition on vellum, signed by the engraver. 400 x 570mm, 15˝ x 22˝mm.
Having been commissioned to do a series of pictures of public schools, Hemy (1852-1937) spoke to the pupils to discover what interested them. Thus at Eton he chose to draw the Wall Game. He wrote: "Everyone has heard of the Wall Game at Eton; it is played nowhere else, and I think is the most exciting of games, but difficult to understand, very. I thought on St. Andrews Day, which is the match day of the year, when the game is played between the Oppidans and the Collegians, that I had some chance of getting some information from an outsider, as I saw a man who appeared to be busy reporting this game; and I immediately interrogated him as to what it all meant. His reply was, although he had been reporting it for quite a number of years, he knew nothing about the points of the game; so I suppose he did with his notes as I with my pictures - handed them over to the players themselves for revision". The image shows the college and the Eton Wall Game.
PSA 235 Limited. Edition
[Ref: 8560] £380.00
London, Published Jan.y 1st 1888 by Mess.rs Dickensons, Publishers to the Queen, 114 New Bond Street W. Copyright Registered.
Etching, proof limited.edition on vellum, signed by the engraver. 400 x 570mm, 15˝ x 22˝mm.
Having been commissioned to do a series of pictures of public schools, Hemy (1852-1937) spoke to the pupils to discover what interested them. Thus at Eton he chose to draw the Wall Game. He wrote: "Everyone has heard of the Wall Game at Eton; it is played nowhere else, and I think is the most exciting of games, but difficult to understand, very. I thought on St. Andrews Day, which is the match day of the year, when the game is played between the Oppidans and the Collegians, that I had some chance of getting some information from an outsider, as I saw a man who appeared to be busy reporting this game; and I immediately interrogated him as to what it all meant. His reply was, although he had been reporting it for quite a number of years, he knew nothing about the points of the game; so I suppose he did with his notes as I with my pictures - handed them over to the players themselves for revision". The image shows the college and the Eton Wall Game.
PSA 235 Limited. Edition
[Ref: 8560] £380.00