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Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
In Windsor Park 1789
Pencil and watercolour | 16.6 x 27.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 917555
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A pencil and watercolour drawing with lawns and trees with a large brick house on the right and a fence with a road on the left. Inscribed at lower right in the artist's hand: 'Windsor Park 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 917556, which shows a view in the other direction looking towards the railings and appears to have been made on the same occasion. Three more finished watercolours 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 27.6 cm (sheet of paper)
