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Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
The Powder Magazine in Hyde Park c. 1797
Bodycolour | 20.8 x 26.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 914694
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A bodycolour drawing from behind the Keeper's House in Hyde Park, showing trees and a wooden shed. Several soldiers and a cart on a path. The sheet 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 914692). 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.
Provenance
Bought with RCINs 914691, 914690, 914692 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
Bodycolour
Measurements
20.8 x 26.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 14694
