Studio of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840, British
Title:
Windsor Castle, Berkshire: South Front of Military Knights Houses
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 3/8 × 87 1/2 inches (54.3 × 222.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper center: "South Front of the Military Knights Houses | King Henry 8th Gateway &c | Windsor Castle"; lower left: "Salisbury Tower | King Henry 8th Gateway"; lower center: "Tower to the Military Knights Houses | Commonly called Governor's Tower"; lower right: "King Henry 3rd Tower, | Another rough drawing from dimensions | excludes the whole of the South Front | from King Henry 3rd Tower to the Victoria Towers"; inscribed extensively in pen and brown ink with dimensions; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Elevation South side of Military | Knight Houses, &c | Windsor Castle"; in graphite, lower left: "AD 318"; upper right: "1502"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection