Eton College Chapel from the Slough Road
Eton College Chapel from the Slough Road
Eton College Chapel from the Slough RoadSigned lower left: J. Varley/1808Watercolour over pencil34.5 by 48.5 cm., 13 ½ by 19 in.Provenance:Bought at the Leger Galleries, London, December 1967;By descent to the present ownerExhibited:Probably London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1809, no.122 as `View of Eton'This is a view taken from the Slough Road looking south-west over Long Bridge towards Eton College Chapel. Long Bridge or Fifteen Arch Bridge as it was known crosses Colenorton Brook. Six of its central arches were destroyed by a flood in 1809 shortly after the present work was drawn. The present bridge dates from 1843. The roof of Provost's Lodge and associated buildings are visible in front of the chapel.){kind=link}
John Varley (1778-1842)
Eton College Chapel from the Slough Road
Signed lower left: J. Varley/1808
Watercolour over pencil
34.5 by 48.5 cm., 13 ½ by 19 in.
Provenance:
Bought at the Leger Galleries, London, December 1967;
By descent to the present owner
Exhibited:
Probably London, Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1809, no.122 as `View of Eton'
This is a view taken from the Slough Road looking south-west over Long Bridge towards Eton College Chapel. Long Bridge or Fifteen Arch Bridge as it was known crosses Colenorton Brook. Six of its central arches were destroyed by a flood in 1809 shortly after the present work was drawn. The present bridge dates from 1843. The roof of Provost's Lodge and associated buildings are visible in front of the chapel.