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The Henry VIII Gateway and the Salisbury Tower from within the Lower Ward

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Date

1767

Artist

Paul Sandby (1725-1809)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/914551

Description

A watercolour drawing of the Henry VIII Gateway and Salisbury Tower in the Lower Ward, Windsor Castle. On the left is the western end of the houses built by Mary Tudor for the Military Knights. On the right, the southern end of Crane's Building. At the centre, a groom with two horses. Inscribed on the verso on the mount, possibly in the artist's hand, 'Windsor. The Town Gate and Chancellor of the Garter's Tower from the Lower Court'.
The Salisbury Tower built between 1227 and 1230 was known in the eighteenth century as the Chancellor's Tower, as the residence of the Chancellor of the Order of the Garter. The numerous additions to the inner face of the tower were removed during Edward Blore's restoration in about 1840. This area of the castle was remodelled in the nineteenth century.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

Location

Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England

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Castles
Towers

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Buildings & Architecture

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