Description
A watercolour drawing of part of the Woodyard in Windsor Great Park, looking to the East entrance. A shed is on the far right, with trees on the left and in the distance. In the foreground, farm machinery, piles of timber and waggons. A man is carrying a log in the left foreground. Signed in pen and ink at the lower left corner, 'PS Wood Yard W. P. 1792'. On a mount with grey and pink wash lined borders, now faded. Inscribed in pencil on the mount, 'Scene in the Woodyard in Windsor Great Park', and with auctioneer's numbers at the lower left corner, partly trimmed. Inscribed on the back in pen, 'Part of the Wood Yard in Windsor Great Park, looking to the East Entrance, 1792'.
The Woodyard or Carpenter's Yard was noted on a map of 1750 as immediately to the west of the dairy, very close to Thomas Sandby's house, the Deputy Ranger's Lodge. In the Woodyard, timber was produced for building works, fences and machinery for the Great Park. It was later moved to an area later developed as the Prince Consort's workshops.
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017
Location
Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Country
England
Medium
Watercolour
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