2-717-304 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Group on the Fourth of June', 1911. Eton flourished under the long reign of George III (1760-1820)who spent much of his time at Windsor, the school in turn made George’s birthday, the Fourth of June, a holiday, marked by speeches, cricket and a procession of boats. From "A History of Eton College (1440-1910)", by Sir H. C Maxwell Lyte, K.C.B. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1911]