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Windsor Castle, from the Sandpit Gate

Watercolour
1820-1859 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Cox, David (artist)
Place of origin
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England (made)

As a technician, Cox is unparalleled in his deployment of short brushstrokes, breaking down the surface of the paper to create the shimmering, ever-changing effects of nature. He leaves some of the paper showing; he scratches out paint, and mops up paint with a leather blotter. All this serves to excite our visual nerves in a manner quite different from that of most of his contemporaries.


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Watercolour
TitleWindsor Castle, from the Sandpit Gate (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour
Painting
Brief description
Watercolour by David Cox entitled 'Windsor Castle from the Sandpit Gate'. Great Britain, ca. 1820-59.
Physical description
As a technician, Cox is unparalleled in his deployment of short brushstrokes, breaking down the surface of the paper to create the shimmering, ever-changing effects of nature. He leaves some of the paper showing; he scratches out paint, and mops up paint with a leather blotter. All this serves to excite our visual nerves in a manner quite different from that of most of his contemporaries.
Dimensions
  • Framed height: 43.7cm
  • Framed width: 54cm
  • Framed depth: 5.5cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Ellison Gift
Subjects depicted
Landscape
Castle
Place depicted
Windsor Castle
Association
Paris International Exhibition, 1855
Bibliographic references
  • L. Lambourne and J. Hamilton, Bristish Watercolours om the Victoria and Albert Museum. An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the National Collection, Londres, 1980, p. 87, illus.
  • Napoléon III et la Reine Victoria. Une visite à l'exposition universelle de 1855, exh. cat., Paris, 2008, fig. 2, p. 18; cat. 219.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1018-1873

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16511/windsor-castle-from-the-sandpit-watercolour-cox-david/
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