Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, graphite, gouache, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 18 3/16 × 25 15/16 inches (46.2 × 65.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6142
Gallery Label:
This watercolor is one of a set of views of Windsor and Eton that William Daniell published as prints between 1827 and 183o. His view of Windsor Castle is a celebration of the prosperity of Britain after the end of the Napoleonic wars. The defeat of Napoleon’s armies at Waterloo in 1815 had made Britain the most powerful nation in the world. Daniell invites the viewer to see Windsor as a microcosm of the nation at large: the barge on the Thames denotes flourishing trade, and the leisured passers-by suggest the benefits of peace and prosperity under Britain’s time-honored constitution. Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
