The Earl of Carnarvon opened the new rooms at Uppingham School yesterday week, in the presence of a large and distinguished company. The decorations, which are by Mr. Rossiter, consist of frescoes of representatives of literature with alternate panels of thirteenth-century ornamention. Among those on the platform were the Rev. Edward Thring, the warden of the school, the Bishop of Carlisle, Bishop Mitchinson, Sir George Cowper, and Sir Henry Thring. Lord Carnarvon, addressing the school, pointed out the difference between school life twenty-five years ago and today.

Source: The Illustrated London News, July 8, 1882, p.42