Description
A watercolour drawing of Windsor Castle and Town, seen from the lower end of Sheet Street. The Round Tower and the south of the Castle are visible on the horizon. In the foreground, a road leading towards the centre, lined with houses and trees. A large tree on the left, and a slightly smaller one on the right. On the far right, a yellow carriage is being painted; 'Windsor' and a monogram on its passenger door. A man with a tambourine and small guitar, accompanied by a woman and child, has stopped to talk to a workman in a red cap. A man at the centre is loading a donkey, next to two scampering dogs. The outlines of two figures behind the dogs very faintly drawn. Inscribed in pencil, lower left, 'View of the Castle from [illegible]'. The sheet is mounted on a yellow and grey wash line bordered mount, of a type associated with drawings from the Paul Sandby estate sale in 1811. The mount is lettered below, 'View from the Lower End of Sheet Street of Windsor Town and Castle'. Inscribed in pencil in a later hand, 'The scite of the New Barrack', and in another hand, 'about the year 1775', the second 7 written over an 8.
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017
Location
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Country
England
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
