Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed in pen with brown ink, upper right: "30"; inscribed in pen with brown ink, over graphite, lower center: "Windsor Castle trespassing but forgiven looked over & overlooked July 17. 1832 11am | The round part of this tower is old & called the Devil's Tower, or Maid of Honour's Tower | The story is that they tried for 6 years to raise a parapet but that y Devil took it down by night."; inscribed in pen with brown ink, verso, upper left: "Windsor Castle"; inscribed in pen with brown ink, verso, upper center: "July 17 1832 11am | tresspassing but forgiven | looked over & | overlooked!"; inscribed in pen with brown ink, verso: upper right: "The Round Part of | this tower is old & | called the Devil Tower | or maid of honor tower | the story is that they tried for | 6 years to raise the parapet | but that the Devil took it | down every night", Dated in pen over graphite, lower center: "July 17, 1832".
Descriptive Medium
Graphite and watercolour
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
Country
England
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
