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The Henry VIII Gateway and the Salisbury Tower from within the Lower Ward c. 1770
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour | 22.5 x 34.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 914551
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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 sheet is mounted on grey-green with a triple black ink line border identical to that of RCIN 914554, suggesting they were intended as a pair. The watercolour was acquired from the collection of Sir Joseph Banks. A more finished version of the same subject in bodycolour was acquired for the Royal Collection in 1982 (RCIN 923996). A pencil drawing of the same subject, without figures, is in the Staatliche Museen, Greiz (E 462). 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.
Provenance
Sir Joseph Banks; Sir William Knatchbull (sale, Christie's 23 May 1876, lot 15); purchased (£5) by Richard Holmes as Royal Librarian
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Medium and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
Measurements
22.5 x 34.0 cm (sheet of paper)
28.2 x 39.5 cm (mount)
Other number(s)
RL 14551