A Distant View of Windsor from St George's Hill
Oil Painting
ca. 1840 (painted)
ca. 1840 (painted)
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An oil painting depicting a hilly landscape with a road curving past a grove of trees; two small figures stand in the road in the foreground at left. Windsor Castle is visible in the distance.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | A Distant View of Windsor from St George's Hill (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on millboard |
| Brief description | Oil painting entitled 'A Distant View of Windsor from St George's Hill' by Frederick Richard Lee. Great Britain, ca. 1840. |
| Physical description | An oil painting depicting a hilly landscape with a road curving past a grove of trees; two small figures stand in the road in the foreground at left. Windsor Castle is visible in the distance. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'No 6/View of Windsor Castle from St George's Hill/F R Lee RA/16 Norton Street Portland Place' (Label on the back inscribed in the artist's hand) |
| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 155 |
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| Accession number | FA.108[O] |
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| Record created | June 8, 2006 |
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