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The Deputy Ranger's House, Windsor Great Park c. 1795
Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour | 41.3 x 59.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 917597
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A watercolour and bodycolour drawing of the Deputy Ranger's House in Windsor Great Park. The red brick house is at the centre, with an obtruding bay and a stone porch with pediment and pillars. Trees on the left and right, and a wide path in the foreground. On the left, a man and boy with basket and pitchfork. More figures and horses in the background. The sheet has a wide black ink line and dark green wash border. A pencil drawing of the same view is in the Staatliche Museen Greiz (E 442), and a watercolour is in the British Museum (1904,0819.99). A watercolour of the same view dated 1792 is in the Manchester City Art Gallery (1905.11). Other views of the Deputy Ranger's Lodge by Sandby in the Royal Collection are RCINs 914634, 917864 and 917871. Paul Sandby's brother Thomas was appointed Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park by William, Duke of Cumberland in 1746. He took up residence in the Deputy Ranger's Lodge in about 1770. The house dated from the mid-seventeenth century, and in 1750 had been in use as a dairy. The building was situated to the north-west of the junction of the road between the Long Walk to the north and Virginia Water and the Great Park to the south. The Great (or Cumberland) Lodge was less than half a mile to the south. By 1792 the house had been enlarged by the addition of the south-facing block visible in this drawing, presumably to Thomas Sandby's designs. Paul Sandby made many drawings of the Great Park and Lodge, even after Thomas's death in 1798. After Thomas's death the house was occupied by the Park Bailiff, Joseph Frost. In 1815 the Prince Regent moved into the house and it was renamed the Prince Regent's Cottage, following some alterations by John Nash. In 1823 Sir Jeffrey Wyatville took over as architect and the house was renamed Royal Lodge. Under William IV the house was almost entirely demolished. The house was later granted to the Duke of York, future King George VI, as a country home, and considerable additions were made to the house between 1931 and 1936.
Provenance
Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Marie Louise (sale, Schomberg House, Robinson & Foster Ltd., 24-25 March 1947, lot 274, with RCIN 917596); Messrs Sabin; purchased 1948
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Medium and techniques
Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour
Measurements
41.3 x 59.4 cm (sheet of paper)
34.7 x 53.0 cm (image)