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Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle

Maker


1757-1823

Title

Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle

Accession Number

D.2024.ST.1

Mode of Acquisition

The Spooner Charitable Trust, gift, 2024

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust). Gift of the Spooner Charitable Trust, 2024.

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Label Text

The painter, topographical draughtsman and aquatint engraver Charles Tomkins (1757-1823) spent his entire career in London, although he travelled within Britain in search of his subjects. This watercolour view of the Winchester Tower at Windsor Castle – a well-known landmark that attracted the attention of other watercolourists, including Paul Sandby – dates from early in his career. It exhibits not only the attention to architectural detail typical of a
topographical artist but also a sensitivity to atmosphere, seen in the rendering of the louring clouds in the background

Provenance

Abbott & Holder, London by 2023; where purchased by the donor; gift to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 2024.

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