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Title	Pen and ink drawing of 'The Ducker', Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, c. 1897
Repository	Harrow Local History Collection & Archive
Ref No	GB1102/LHC/3/4/8/95
Alt Ref No	PF23
Maker	Herbert Marshall
Date	c. 1896
Description	Print reproduction of a pen and ink drawing showing 'The Ducker' outdoor swimming pool, Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, 1896. View shows pupils swimming in the pool, as well as walking pool-side wearing towels. Trees and a changing room are in the background, and a church is visible in the distance. Artist's signature at bottom right: 'Herbert Marshall'. The site of the present baths dates from 1809 and there was a complete reconstruction in 1881. The sketch is by Herbert Marshall of 1896'.
Comments	The illustration is by Herbert Marshall, in Edmund Howson and George Warner, 'Harrow School'. For further contextual information see, A.W. Ball, 'Paintings, Prints and Drawings of Harrow on the Hill, 1562-1899', (Harrow, 1978), p. 140.
Format	Print
Related Material	GB1102/LHC/3/4/8/12
Level	Item
Location	In Storage

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