Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Dated on verso in graphite, upper right: "1832". Inscribed in artist's hand in pen and brown ink, verso: "69 July, 31| [...] part 1. very near busy a Grandpapa | This is the view of Windsor wch artists | in general prefer - I was sent / to it by a connoiseur | it is just opposite ye wooden bridge 4849 5052 | [illegible] nearly opposite 59 in ye top corner | Then again I am duty bound to acknowledge | that had the Round Tower not been raised the general effect would have been bad | The rest of the Castle being raised one story it was | only preserving its pre-eminince I am happy | [to] add that its diameter was contimplated to have been | [pro]portionably augmented but they cd not get good [...]dation [...] built on ye old walls." .
Descriptive Medium
Watercolour, graphite, pen and brown ink and black chalk
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Country
England
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
