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The Henry VIII Gateway 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/914550

Description

A watercolour drawing of the Henry VIII Gateway from inside Windsor Castle, looking out towards the town. Several groups of figures are standing in the gateway: two soldiers, a man on horseback seen from behind and a street hawker with a basket and stick. A man, woman and child are standing below a bucket suspended on a chain held by a figure at the grille window at upper right. A board on the wall below reads 'Pray Remember the Poor Confin'd Debtors'. The sheet is circumscribed with a black ink line, and mounted on a yellow, pink and grey wash line border, a later reproduction of a mount usually associated with drawings acquired at the Paul Sandby estate sale in 1811.
In the eighteenth century, the rooms over the Henry VIII Gateway were used as prison cells. The Debtor's Prison was removed between 1790 and 1805.

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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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