PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 140, 142-145) WILLIAM DANIELL AND WINDSOR GREAT PARK (lots 143-6) 'William Daniell's greatest triumph as an artist and engraver came in his views of Windsor and Eton, a series of coloured aquatints, which surpasses even the London views of 1804-5.' (M. Hardie and M. Clayton, Thomas & William Daniell, Walker's Quarterly, London, nos. 35-6, 1932, p. 31). After Daniell's return from his tour around the British Isles producing drawings for The Voyage Round Great Britain (see lot 147), Daniell focused his attention on Windsor and its environs. Between 1827 and 1830 he executed a group of views that were published as Select Views of Windsor Castle and the Adjacent Scenery (circa 1830, see Abbey Scenery, no. 355), a set of which was presented by Daniell to King George IV. Four watercolours from this series (pls. 7, 8, 11 and 12) were sold in these Rooms, 16 March 1982, lots 115-118, and a watercolour from this series entitled Windsor Castle from near Brocas Meadows, pl. 5 in the series, is at The Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.

William Daniell, R.A. (London 1769-1837)

Deer in a glen in Windsor Great Park near Bishopsgate

Details

William Daniell, R.A. (London 1769-1837)
Deer in a glen in Windsor Great Park near Bishopsgate
signed and dated 'W Daniell 1827' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic and with scratching out, within the artist's frameing lines (overmounted)
12 1/8 x 20 in. (30.8 x 50.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Oscar & Peter Johnson, London, where purchased for the present collection.

Exhibited

(Probably) London, Royal Academy, 1827, no. 566.

Engraved

In aquatint by the artist for W. Daniell, Select Views of Windsor Castle, 1827-30, pl. 10.

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Lot Essay

A comparable watercolour of the same view with a slightly different arrangement of deer in the foreground was sold at Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1982. The two watercolours may have been explorations into finding his ideal composition, or one may have been a slightly altered version for an admiring patron.

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