[Manner of Gideon Yates, 1790-1840) An Original Watercolour Drawing of Great Fosters House Near Windsor

A watercolour over pencil drawing showing the 16th Century mansion Great Fosters, which is situated near to the Windsor/Egham area of Berkshire. An accomplished sketch on paper, showing pencil workings and a very considerate use of colours, affixed into a paper backing mount so as to show the pencil titling on the reverse of the drawing “Forsters new Windsor”[sic]. Unsigned and undated, however would seem to be from the first quarter of the 19th Century. Taped at upper edge into a thick card mount.

Gideon Yates was a topographical artist who travelled extensively throughout the U.K. and on the Continent, though is best known for his Thames scenes as well as London’s buildings and bridges. His work is occasionally signed, though mostly not. At this time Great Fosters was in Windsor Great Park and in 1818 was sold to Dr. George Frederick Furnivall and Sir John Chapman who operated the house as a lunatic asylum, which is around the time that this watercolour was likely to have been executed.

Drawing approx. 178x110mm., overall size approx. 328x277mm., a lovely drawing.