A view of East front of Arundel Castle, West Sussex, seen from the Bowling Green
A view of East front of Arundel Castle, West Sussex, seen from the Bowling Green
A view of East front of Arundel Castle, West Sussex, seen from the Bowling GreenInscribed lower right: Arundel Castle taken from the Platform or/Bowling Green by Charles Gore Esq 1781 and indistinctly inscribed upper right: Arundel Castle Sufsex/1781Watercolour over touches of pencil on laid paper, watermark Whatman19.6 by 49 cm., 7 ¾ by 19 ¼ in. Provenance: Iolo Williams (1890-1962); And by descent until sold Sotheby's 13 July 1989, lot 5; Private collectionThe Bowling Green is the name given to the square earthworks, which along with the fishponds is located on the east side of the Castle and were probably created to strengthen the castle's defences during the Civil War){kind=link}
Charles Gore (1729-1807)
A view of East front of Arundel Castle, West Sussex, seen from the Bowling Green
Inscribed lower right: Arundel Castle taken from the Platform or/Bowling Green by Charles Gore Esq 1781 and indistinctly inscribed upper right: Arundel Castle Sufsex/1781
Watercolour over touches of pencil on laid paper, watermark Whatman
19.6 by 49 cm., 7 ¾ by 19 ¼ in.
Provenance:
Iolo Williams (1890-1962);
And by descent until sold Sotheby's 13 July 1989, lot 5;
Private collection
The Bowling Green is the name given to the square earthworks, which along with the fishponds is located on the east side of the Castle and were probably created to strengthen the castle's defences during the Civil War