Description
A bodycolour drawing of the North Terrace of Windsor Castle, looking east towards the Queen Elizabeth's Gallery. On the right, a row of trees and a covered bench. Several groups of figures are walking on the terrace, some leaning over the low wall on the left. In the foreground, a man in a black tricorne hat and orange coat with a cane. On the right, a woman in a yellow hat with three children, a dog and a crow. Further back, a group of three men with a greyhound. Executed on a sheet of paper laid on board; in a modern gilt frame.
Sandby made many watercolours, drawings and bodycolours of the North Terrace, looking both east and west, from the 1760s until his death. The appearance of the terrace, described in contemporary guidebooks as 'the noblest walk in Europe' (Joseph Pote, Les Delices de Windsore, 1763), has changed little since the eighteenth century. The Queen Elizabeth Gallery today houses the Royal Library. The buildings were remodelled by Sir Jeffry Wyatville in the nineteenth century.
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017
Location
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Country
England
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
