View of Windsor Castle
George Smith of Chichester (Chichester 1714 - Chichester 1776)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1740
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
597 x 912 mm (23 1/2 x 35 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Windsor
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515771
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, View of Windsor Castle by George Smith of Chichester (Chichester 1714 - Chichester 1776), circa 1740. River in the foreground, and a small, single arched bridge on which is seen an angler; boat on right and two figures walking beside the river on left and Windsor Castle and town in mid-distance.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Gilt tablet affixed to bottom of frame, inscribed:.....
Makers and roles
George Smith of Chichester (Chichester 1714 - Chichester 1776), artist
References
Bunt 1949 Cyril G. E. Bunt, Windsor Castle through Three Centuries, 1949, pp. 33, 69, No. 66: Anglesey Abbey, 1990-1992 [The National Trust; Robin Fedden] 1972, revised 1990, reprinted 1992., p.26: Anglesey Abbey, 2006 [The National Trust] 2002, revised 2006, p.26: