Private Chapel in the Great Park (exterior) at Windsor Castle, based on a sketch made by Sandhurst Military Academy drawing-master W. Alfred Delamotte for the tenth instalment of W. Harrison Ainsworth's Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance for the May 1843 number in Ainsworth's Magazine. Book the Third, "The History of the Castle," Chapter IV, "Comprising the Fourth Epoch in the History of the Castle; and showing how Saint George's Chapel was rebuilt by King Edward the Fourth," p. 163:5.8 cm high by 9.7 cm wide, vignetted. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]
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Passage Illustrated
Boasting every variety of forest scenery, and commanding from its knolls and acclivities magnificent views of the castle, the great park is traversed, in all directions, by green drives threading its longvistas, or crossing its open glades, laid out by George the Fourth.Amid the groves at the back of Spring Hill, in a charmingly sequesteredsituation, stands a small private chapel, built in the Gothic style, and which was used as a place of devotion by George the Fourth during theprogress of the improvements at the castle, and is sometimes attended bythe present queen.[ChapterIV, "Containing the History of the Castle from the Reign of Charles the Second to that of George the Third— With a few Particulars concerning the Parks and the Forest," pp. 163-164]
Other Views by Delamotte of The Great Park, Windsor Castle
Left: The first perspective of the park, View of the Castle, from the Great Park (Book I, Ch. VIII). Centre: Delanotte's map in aerial perspective, Windsor Great Park, 1529 (Book III, Ch. IV). Right: Another interior sketch of the area, Scathed oak-tree in the Home Park (Book IV, Ch. VI). [Click on images to enlarge them.]
Other Views and Related Material on Windsor Castle
- Windsor Castle from the Long Walk, Victorian additions and alterations by Sir Jeffry Wyattville
- Early twentieth-century view of the castle from the river
- The Frogmore Mausoleum, adjacent to the Long Walk
- Statue of Queen Victoria at the foot of Castle Hill, Windsor
References
Ainsworth, William Harrison. Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot. With designs on wood by W. Alfred Delamotte. London: Routledge, 1880. Based on the Henry Colburn edition of 1844.
Patten, Robert L. Chapter 30, "The 'Hoc' Goes Down." George Cruikshank's Life, Times, and Art, vol. 2: 1835-1878. Rutgers, NJ: Rutgers U. P., 1991; London: The Lutterworth Press, 1996. Pp. 153-186.
Worth, George J. William Harrison Ainsworth. New York: Twayne, 1972.
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