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The garden of the Deputy Ranger's Lodge, Windsor Great Park c. 1798
Pen and ink, wash and bodycolour | 39.9 x 59.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 917596
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A watercolour of the gardens at the south front of the Deputy Ranger's House in Windsor Great Park. A woman is watering plant pots at the centre, with other figures walking on the left. Mounted on a sheet of grey paper, circumscribed with a black line. A preliminary study in the British Museum (LB 4 (b)) omits the figures.
Thomas Sandby took up residence in a former dairy in Windsor Great Park in about 1770, and extended the building considerably to his own designs. During the 1790s Paul Sandby made a number of studies of the house and gardens, as well as those of his son at Englefield Green (Nottingham City Museums and Galleries, NCM 1945-142 and 1945-146). In 1786 Paul Sandby's son Thomas Paul married his cousin Harriet, and the couple settled at the Deputy Ranger's Lodge. It has been suggested that the apparent presence of figures in mourning dress implies a date of June 1798, after the death of Thomas Sandby.Provenance
Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Marie Louise (sale, Schomberg House, Robinson & Foster Ltd., 24-25 March 1947, lot 274); Messrs Sabin; purchased 1948
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink, wash and bodycolour
Measurements
39.9 x 59.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Featured in
ExhibitionPainting Paradise: The Art of the Garden: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
This exhibition draws on oil paintings, works on paper, books, manuscripts and decorative arts from the Royal Collection to explore the way in which the garden inspired artists and craftsmen between 1500 and 1900.