Title
A View of Windsor Castle / ABL.
Creator
Lens, Andrew Benjamin, approximately 1713-approximately 1779, artist.
Publication details
[about 1740]
Physical details
1 drawing : pen and black ink with monochrome wash ; sheet 24 x 35.2 cm
Description
A boat and figures on the River Thames in the foreground; buildings on the shore; formal parkland on the hill; Windsor Castle at its summit. Inscribed with title in black ink below image. Signed with monogram lower right-hand corner in black ink. Bears indistinct inscription beneath monogram in pencil 'Drawing Master top . . . '. Bears inscription '1' in black ink in lower left-hand corner.
Place
Windsor (England : Rural district)
Additional information
This work was mistakenly attributed to Benjamin Lens in the 1829 and 1844 catalgoues. The monogram belongs to Andrew Benjamin Lens and is comparable to works in the British Museum 1942,0314.1 and Gg,1.410.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.7.40.i.2.a.