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View of Grosvenor Gate in Hyde Park during the Encampment

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Date

1780

Artist

Paul Sandby (1725-1809)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/451586

Description

A pencil, pen and watercolour drawing of Grosvenor Gate in Hyde Park during the encampment set up during the Gordon Riots in 1780. A double avenue of walnut trees, with figures in the centre, an engine house to the left and the camp in the distance. Inscribed in pencil on the mount, 'Grosvenor Gate, Hyde Park, during the Encampment in 1780'. The lot number on the mount 1-118/1 identifies it as having been bought at the Paul Sandby estate sale, 2 May 1811, lot 118.
In early June 1780, initially peaceful protests against the concessions of the first Catholic Relief Act of 1778 turned to riots in the streets of London and Westminster. In response to the violence, encampments were set up in St. James's Park, Hyde Park and the gardens of Montagu House, and remained in place for several months. The camps became places of fashionable spectacle and entertainment. By this date Sandby lived in St. George's Row opposite Hyde Park and was well placed to observe the activity there. He submitted several views of the camps to the Royal Academy in 1781.

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Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

Location

Hyde Park, London, England

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