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A Spring wreath

To celebrate the long-awaited arrival of Spring, we have woven together some objects from the collections in a wreath for Flora, goddess of the season.  We include some prints by the Suffolk artist J.G. Lubbock.  Here’s to the warmer weather!

H.E. Luxmoore, ‘College from Tangier Lane’, coloured lithograph. FDA-E.1425:6-2014
J.G. Lubbock, illustration from Life Force (London: Bertram Rota, 2009). © J.G. Lubbock
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, Antique statue of Flora, Roman goddess of Spring, drawn in Florence in 1710, ECL-Bm.13:12-2013
J.G. Lubbock, illustration to From the garden to galaxy (London: Bertram Rota, 1980) Lt.2.21. © J.G. Lubbock
An Etonian holding a rabbit in June 1942 (PA-A.38:46-2012)
W.M.P. Robins, ‘Elms by a stream (Spring, Old Deer Park), watercolour, 1929. FDA-D.442-2010
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A Collections Christmas Cracker

Snow-fight from a Victorian scrapbook assembled by Florence Hopper, 1886.
Two penguins, the trademark of the the press of Shackleton’s expedition to Antarctica (Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition, 1908). Id6.2.
Eton playing fields in snow (photograph, c.1898). PA-A.68:35-2012
The sacrifice of Isaac by Evie Hone (stained glass, 1952). FDA-A.398:1/1h-2017
A Christmas card from Thomas Hardy’s Dorset house, Max Gate (1926)
A turkey and a dove from a Victorian scrapbook assembled by Florence Hopper, 1886.
Mountain scene by Eric Powell (watercolour, 1930)
The Adoration of the Magi from a Book of Hours (French, 15th/16th century). Eton MS 267
‘A loving gift to our troops in the field’: a certificate for a charitable donation to the war effort, German, WW1. ECL-O.122-2014
A coach in a snowdrift by Thomas Rowlandson (watercolour). FDA-D.452-2010
Barnes Pool, Eton by Albert Goodwin (watercolour with pen and ink, 1907). FDA-D.269-2010.
The Adoration of the Magi by Edward Burne-Jones (tapestry, 1890s). FDA-A.81:2-2013

Welcome to our final blog of the Michaelmas half!  We’ve chosen twelve of our favourite seasonal objects from the Collections, for your festive enjoyment.  Merry Christmas!

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