This watercolour of the original Selwyn stone building is signed F.B. Good, Nov 3rd 1877. Fanny Bertha Good who this is presumed to be, is better known as a botanical artist. It is probable that she painted the scene during a visit to the College on that date. (Archives ref KIN194). The Warden of the time was the Rev’d P.T. Williams, who had a young family. College life of that era as described in Davidson’s Selwyn’s Legacy, suggests a time of community, visitors and sports.
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