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Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
The Deputy Ranger's Lodge, Windsor Great Park c. 1770-80
Pencil | 20.7 x 18.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 917871
Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
The Deputy Ranger's Lodge, Windsor Great Park c. 1770-80
Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
The Deputy Ranger's Lodge, Windsor Great Park c. 1770-80
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A pencil drawing of a low house with chimneys on the left, with trees on the right. Inscribed below in the artist's hand: 'Deputy Rangers Windsor Great Park'. With the pencil 'F' mark that appears on several drawings by Paul and Thomas Sandby but whose meaning has not satisfactorily been explained. With a pencil line border, the mount sheet numbered 237 at the top centre. Also inscribed at lower left: Dr Wellesley's Collection, bt Sotheby, 5.3.62.
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, is made in the gardens, with the house seen through the trees. Another pencil drawing is RCIN 917868. Other watercolours of the gardens include two watercolour drawings, RCIN 917555 and 917556, and three more finished watercolours 917634, 917597 and 917596. 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
Dr Wellesley, Leigh; Sotheby's 5 March 1862; William Sandby; Christie's 26 May 1969, lot 5
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Medium and techniques
Pencil
Measurements
20.7 x 18.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 17871
