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English School, circa 1800
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English School, circa 1800

Montem at Salt Hill

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English School, circa 1800
Montem at Salt Hill
pencil and watercolour
6¾ x 10¼ in. (17 x 26 cm.); and view of Eton College in the distance by William Havell (2)
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The origins of the Eton Montem procession are surrounded in obscurity. Donations were solicited from fellow pupils and from all passers by as the procession made its way from Eton to Salt Hill, Slough, in exchange for a pinch of salt, to benefit the Captain of School on his leaving. The Montem was abolished after the 1844 event, largely it is said, on account of the railway bringing undesirable onlookers to disturb the time honoured festivities.