Windsor Castle [graphic] / S. Wale del. ; B. Green sculp. around 1761.

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Windsor Castle [graphic] / S. Wale del. ; B. Green sculp. around 1761.

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View of the castle from the Thames, with a game of cricket being played in the foreground. Plate from 'London and its environs described. Containing An Account of whatever is most remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, In the City and in the Country Twenty Miles round it. Comprehending also Whatever is most material in the History and Antiquities of this great Metropolis. Decorated and illustrated with a great Number of Views in Perspective, engraved from original Drawings, taken on purpose for this Work. Together with a Plan of London, A Map of the Environs, and several other useful Cuts. In six volumes.' (London : printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXI. [1761]). A reversed transfer of the original drawing is held by the Royal Collection.

1 print : etching ; image 82 x 139 mm.

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