Miscellaneous
Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
Windsor Forest, 1788
Sketch of the Movements intended to / be performed before His Majesty at / a Review of the 16.th for Queens Regiment / of Light Dragoons in Windsor Forest / May 26.th 1788
1788Ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: not stated | RCIN 734106.2.a
This sketch is accompanied by another sketch of the ground to the north (RCIN 734106.2.b) and two pieces of explanatory text (RCINs 734106.2.c, d). The area where the manoeuvres were to take place was in the north-west part of Windsor Forest, west of Windsor Great Park.
Formerly kept in a buff rag paper folder on which is inscribed (recto, bottom) the old heading and, in black pencil in a modern hand: (a-d) CMB Jan 87.
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration. Verso: ink smudges.
H.F. Gardner (active 1788) (draughtsman) [top right, below title:] H.F. Gardner
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the scrolled letter W below
Mark, stamped: 1057
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration. Verso: ink smudges
Scale: not stated
44.5 x 32.2 cm (image and sheet)
Manuscript title:
Sketch of the Movements intended to / be performed before His Majesty at / a Review of the 16.th for Queens Regiment / of Light Dragoons in Windsor Forest / May 26.th 1788. [top right]
Annotations:
George III heading: Windsor 26 May 1788.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Windsor Two drawn Sketches of the Movements intended to be performed before His Majesty at a Review of the 16.th or Queen’s Regiment of Light Dragoons in Windsor Forest, 26.th May 1788: by H.F. Gardner; with MS Explanations.
Subject(s)
Windsor, Berkshire, UK (51°28'12"N 00°41'06"W)
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