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View of a castle in the middle of a lake, drawn by Queen Victoria
Royal Art to 1901

A guide to works by Royal Artists, from the collections in the Print Room

GEORGE III, KING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1738-1820)

A ruined temple

circa 1756

RCIN 980264

A grey wash drawing showing a corner of a ruined temple. The same subject as shown in RCIN 980265. The temple is shown at the edge of a river to the left. The corner of another building is shown in the foreground to the right. A loose pencil-line border is shown around the edge of the sheet, with the study at the bottom and the top of the sheet left blank.

One of a group of sheets made by the young Prince of Wales as part of his education in draughtsmanship and geometry. The geometrical studies are based on those in Sebastien le Clerc’s textbook, Pratique de la Geometrie (1688). Technical drawing was considered an important skill for the prince, allowing him to understand military fortification and architecture.

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