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A Distant View of Windsor from St George's Hill

Oil Painting
ca. 1840 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Oil Paintings
  • Frame
TitleA 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.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 25cm
  • Approx. width: 35.2cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
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.
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 155
Collection
Accession number
FA.108[O]

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Record createdJune 8, 2006
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