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The entrance to the Horseshoe Cloister with the west end of St. George's Chapel

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/914553

Description

A watercolour drawing of the west end of St. George's Chapel and the entrance to the Horseshoe Cloister, from the bottom of the Lower Ward. The Beaufort Chapel projects to the south. At the centre and to the left are several red brick chimney stacks, and the Curfew Tower is visible behind. In the foreground is a row of trees. At the far right, two men are walking towards the chapel, seen from behind: one in a blue coat and one in a purple robe, identifying him as a Military Knight. A woman and child are in the corner. The sheet is circumscribed with a black line and buff wash border, and is mounted on a grey, green and black ink line bordered mount associated with works from the collection of Sir Joseph Banks. Inscribed on the verso in pencil, possibly in the artist's hand, 'View of Part of St. George's Chapel from Henry VIII's Gate (these last four words in a different hand, over 'from Town Gate') with the entrance to the Singing Men's Cloister'.
The various chimney stacks and irregular additions to the Horseshoe Cloister, accommodation for the layclerks of the Chapel, were removed during Sir George Gilbert Scott's remodelling of the Lower Ward from 1870. The Chapel has now regained its ogival roof. The two sundials shown on the Beaufort Chapel are still visible today. The line of trees was removed in the nineteenth century.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

Location

St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England

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Royalty
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Buildings & Architecture

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