Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
In Windsor Park 1789
Pencil and watercolour | 16.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 917556
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A pencil and watercolour drawing of a garden, with lawns and trees. A fence on the right with a road beyond. A woman and child with a ladder at the foot of a tree. Inscribed at lower left in the artist's hand: 'P.S. Wr P. 1789'.
Paul Sandby made hundreds of drawings of Windsor Castle and the surrounding area throughout his career. In 1765 his brother Thomas was appointed Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park, and took up residence in the Deputy Ranger's House (now Royal Lodge) in about 1770. This drawing, which has the appearance of an on-the-spot sketch, may have been made in the gardens, with the house seen through the trees. Other watercolours of the gardens include a similar watercolour sketch, RCIN 917555, which shows a view towards the house and appears to have been made on the same occasion. Three more finished watercolours made in Thomas' garden are 917634, 917597 and 917596. A pencil drawing is 917871. Paul Sandby regularly visited his brother and his family at Windsor, especially after 1782, when Paul's son Thomas Paul married his cousin, Thomas's daughter Harriot.
Provenance
Randall Davies Collection; Sotheby's 12 February 1947, lot 356
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Measurements
16.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet of paper)