Windsor Castle from the Brocas, Berkshire

Details

Albert Goodwin, R.W.S. (1845-1932)
Windsor Castle from the Brocas, Berkshire
signed 'Albert Goodwin' (lower right) and inscribed 'Windsor.' (lower left)
watercolour and pen and ink with scratching out
11 x 15¾ in. (28 x 40 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 March 1983, lot 151.
with Chris Beetles, London.

Exhibited

London, Bankside Gallery, Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour, 4 June 1986 - 5 July 1986, no. 96.

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Lot Essay

Windsor Castle, as it emerges through the swirling mists in the present watercolour, seems almost to float above the Thames and above the children who feed the swans at the water's edge. Goodwin has incorporated his delicate use of colour with his poetic treatment of the landscape and created an atmospheric composition that illustrates the influence of Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. (1775-1851).

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