Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
The Cheesecake House in Hyde Park c. 1797
Watercolour and bodycolour | 20.4 x 26.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 914692
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A watercolour and bodycolour drawing of a white house with a gabled porch, behind a garden fence. In the foreground, a large tree and a rider with two horses. The sheet has a fold or join at lower centre, and is circumscribed with a black line border. One of four drawings of Hyde Park that were acquired as two pairs by George IV when Prince of Wales, described in an earlier inventory as 'fixed in Chimney Glass' (with RCINs 914690, 914691 and 914694).
From 1774 Paul Sandby lived opposite Hyde Park at 4 St George's Row, Bayswater and made many drawings of the park, including a series of the encampments after the Gordon Riots in 1780. This drawing shows the Cheesecake House that stood in Hyde Park from at least the seventeenth century, and was a place where visitors to the park could purchase refreshments, including milk, cheesecake, tarts and syllabub. The Cheesecake House was used as a boathouse by 1801 and demolished in the nineteenth century.Provenance
Bought with RCINs 914691, 914690, 914694 by Colnaghi and Shepperd (as pairs, each £1 11s. 6d.) by George IV when Prince of Wales, 1811 sale (lots 41 and 42)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour and bodycolour
Measurements
20.4 x 26.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 14692
