Queen Anne's Ride, Windsor Great Park

Details

Charles Cundall, R.A., R.W.S. (1890-1971)
Queen Anne's Ride, Windsor Great Park
signed and dated 'Charles Cundall 1944' (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated again 'CHARLES CUNDALL/QUEEN ANNE'S RIDE/WINDSOR GREAT PARK/1944' (on a fragment of a label attached to the frame)
oil on canvas
20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by the present owner's father at the 1946 exhibition.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1946, no.11.

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Lot Essay

According to the present owner, her father was urged to purchase this picture by Sir Alfred Munnings at the Private View Day of the Royal Academy exhibition in 1946. Munnings had been elected President of the Royal Academy in 1944. The subject was an unusual one for Cundall who mainly painted interior scenes. It records the 'Dig for Victory' campaign, during which gardens and park land were given over to agricultural use during the second world war. Windsor led the way, with the great avenues being submitted to the plough. In Cundall's patriotic picture, the castle with flag aloft stands proud over the haymakers making stacks below. The picture was reproduced in the Britain in Pictures series English People by George Orwell.

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