The Meteor of August 18 1783 as it appeared from the North East Corner of the Terrace at Windsor Castle, 18 minutes after 9 in the Evening (after Thomas Sandby)
Paul Sandby, RA (Nottingham 1725 – London 1809)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1783
Materials
Aquatint on paper
Measurements
299 x 514 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516097
Summary
Print, sepia aquatint, The Meteor of August 18 1783 as it appeared from the North East Corner of the Terrace at Windsor Castle, 18 minutes after 9 in the Evening (after Thomas Sandby) by Paul Sandby, RA (Nottingham 1725 – London 1809). The Meteor of August 18 1783 as it appeared from the North East Corner of the Terrace at Windsor Castle, 18 minutes after 9 in the Evening. Inscription from bottom of aquatint, cut off and stuck to back 'To Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, London, This Plate from Motives of Respect and Esteem, is inscribed by his most obedient Servants, Thomas and Paul Sandby'. By Paul Sandby, after Thomas Sandby. Published by Paul Sandby. Stuck on mount, mounted on paper. On the back ia the note 'It may be satisfactory to the Publick to know that Mr Cavells F.R.S., Mr Sandby R.A., Dr Lind F.R.S., and Dr Lockman F.R.S., with two ladies are the persons who compose the Groupe of Figures in the Print, and were upon the Terrace when the Phaenomenon made the appearance here represented. A further description will be given in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1783'.
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)
Makers and roles
Paul Sandby, RA (Nottingham 1725 – London 1809), engraver (printmaker) Thomas Sandby (Nottingham 1721 – Windsor 1798), artist