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Nora Davison’s watercolours of Eton: Special Access Walking Tour

Type:Tour

Verey Gallery, Eton College, Eton, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 6DW
Nora Davison watercolour of Eton Boys in School Yard

About

This summer visitors can enjoy an exhibition celebrating the work of watercolour artist Nora Davison (1855–1950).

This special access guided tour will explore some of the private spaces of Eton College that are not usually accessible. Come and see a selection of Eton’s historic interiors and private gardens. Compare these spaces to Nora Davison’s painted views and discover how they have changed over the last century.

Watercolour artist Nora Davison (1855–1950) specialised in painting marine scenes before taking up residence above the old Post Office on the High Street in Eton in 1913.

She was in her late 50s and embarking on a new phase of her career, capitalising on local demand for views of the streets and buildings of Eton College. Her works sold mostly to Eton Masters, boys and their families, for whom she became ‘a familiar figure, sitting on her camp-stool, often with a cluster of boys looking on as she painted some Eton building’.

Book tour tickets here.

The tour covers:

  • A 15-minute viewing of the exhibition, in the Verey Gallery
  • School Yard
  • College Library
  • College Hall
  • Fellows' Eyot and Luxmoore's Garden
  • Gulliver's Passage and Jourdelay's boarding house garden
  • Lower Chapel

Book Tickets

Guide Prices

£5 plus booking fee.
Tour is not suitable for children under 7 years old.

Map & Directions

Opening Times

Special Access Walking Tour (25 July 2025)
DayTimes
Friday15:00 - 16:45
Special Access Walking Tour (3 Aug 2025)
DayTimes
Sunday14:00 - 15:45

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