Title
The Gateway under Queen Elizabeth's Picture Gallery Wr Castle.
Creator
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, artist, printmaker, publisher.
Publication details
[London] : [Paul Sandby], [1780]
Physical details
1 print : etching with hand-colouring ; sheet 17.9 x 25.8 cm, on support sheet with washline mount 31.9 x 39.5 cm
Description
An passage in Windsor Castle under an arched vaulted ceiling with pendants, looking towards a view of a tower, with figures including boys playing and a woman and child talking to a guard, inscribed within the image 'Under Queen Elizabeths Picture Gallery Windsor Castle 1780'. Bears title inscribed in black ink below image on washline mount. Inscribed '11 tab fol 6' in blue crayon on verso.
Place
Windsor (England)
Additional information
This item has been cut to within the platemark and to the very edge of the image. The publication and artist information have been taken from an uncoloured print from the same plate (but which was printed at a later date with aquatint in 1812) in the British Museum at 1904,0819.598 which reads: 'P. Sandby 1769 / Published by T. Palser Surry side Westminster Bridge 1812'.
Shelfmark
Maps 183.h.2.