Illustration of The Cloisters. Outside, on the left, is the Green Yard, or Cloister Quadrangle. On the right is the staircase leading to the College Hall and Library. As familiar a sight as the cricketer in the summer half is the thirsty footballer in the autumn twilight, on his way through to lock-up, drinking at the Cloister Pump. Watercolour by Edith Danvers Brinton from 'Eton' by Christopher Reynolds Stone, published in 1909. Eton College is a public school in Berkshire, UK. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore. |