Study of an Interior with an Open Door, Windsor
Solomon Alexander Hart, RA (1806-1881)
August 1831
Pencil and watercolour on cream wove paper (with scratching out for highlights)
294 mm x 155 mm
Collection of the Royal Academy of Arts
Object number 03/7475
Bequeathed by Richard Phené Spiers, 1916
Doorways, as well as ceilings, fireplaces and so on, feature in a number of Hart's drawings. Perhaps doorways are the most intriguing, opening into the unknown, and with particular scope for the effects of light and shade.
Image capture, formatting and comment by Jacqueline Banerjee.