Windsor Castle from Bishopsgate dated 1792
Pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and bodycolour | 30.7 x 24.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 917594
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A watercolour drawing of Windsor Great Park, with several large trees comprising most of the view. Windsor Castle in the distance through the trees. In the middle ground on the right, a cottage behind a fence with cattle. In the foreground, groups of figures including a woman, children and dog with a stick in its mouth, a horse and rider, and horses pulling a cart. The sheet of thin card is circumscribed with a black ink line and grey wash border. Signed in watercolour on the tree trunk to the right: P.S. 1792 Windsor Park.
Sandby rarely dated his earlier works, but several views of Windsor and the surrounding area from the 1790s are dated. This work was acquired with RCIN 917593, also dated 1792.Provenance
Purchased at Colnaghi (with RCIN 917593) in 1948
As part of ongoing provenance research, this work has been identified as having uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933–45. Royal Collection Trust welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era. -
Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and bodycolour
Measurements
30.7 x 24.0 cm (sheet of paper)