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View from the Black Rod of the Round Tower, Royal Court and Devil's Tower in Windsor Castle

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017 | All Rights Reserved

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Date

18th century

Artist

Paul Sandby (1725-1809)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/914565

Description

A watercolour drawing of the Round Tower from the Black Rod. On the right is the Edward III Tower. In the distance, the north side of the Quadrangle is visible, with the entrance to the State Apartments. In the foreground and on the far right are cottages and trees. A woman is hanging washing on the left, two figures and a baby are leaning on the low brick wall in the foreground and a woman carrying a bucket is in the lower left corner. Mounted on a yellow, grey and pink wash line bordered mount of a type associated with drawings acquired at the Paul Sandby estate sale in 1811. The mount is lettered, 'View from the Black Rod of the Round Tower Royal Court, and Devil's Tower andc, in Winds Castle'. A companion drawing in an identical mount showing the Round Tower and Black Rod from a different angle is also in the Royal Collection and the two were probably intended as a pair.
The Edward III Tower was formerly known as the Devil's Tower or the Maids of Honour Tower as it was used in the eighteenth century by the ladies in attendance on the Royal Family. The Round Tower was raised and remodelled by Sir Jeffry Wyatville in the nineteenth century, and the cottages around the Black Rod were removed.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

Location

Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

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Hills
Royalty
Castles
Towers

Category

Buildings & Architecture

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