View of the cottage of Powney Esq and the entrance to Windsor Great Park at Bishopsgate signed and dated 1801
Bodycolour | 62.7 x 87.8 cm (sight) | RCIN 451575
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A bodycolour drawing of the Bishopsgate entrance to Windsor Great Park, with groups of figures, geese and carriages. In the background on the right behind large trees bordering the road to Englefield Green, a large red house. On the left an inn with a fence and poplars. Signed below on the root of a tree, 'P Sandby 1801'. The entry in Sandby's estate sale records that the view shows the house of Penyston Portlock Powney, Ranger of the Little Park and MP for Windsor. Powney sold the lease of the Rectorial Manor of Old Windsor in 1786 to Henry Isherwood.
Provenance
Paul Sandby estate sale, 1811, lot 77 'View of the cottage of Powney Esq and the entrance to Windsor Great Park at Bishopsgate, bodycolour on canvas'; bought 'Sheppherd' for the Prince of Wales, £21 10s. 6d
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Bodycolour
Measurements
62.7 x 87.8 cm (sight)
82.8 x 108.0 cm (frame, external)
Other number(s)
RL 14633Alternative title(s)
Bishop's Gate, Windsor Great Park