Windsor Castle - Devil's Tower, July 17, 1832 - 11 am
Date:
1832
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 9 1/8 × 13 inches (23.2 × 33 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
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"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection