Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.646
Gallery Label:
Thames Street, Windsor’s main commercial thoroughfare, proves a vibrant cityscape on George Vincent’s canvas: workers drag goods and chisel stone, families parade past storefronts, and white smoke wafts from chimneys. Equally central to urban life on London’s eastern periphery, though, is the figure of Windsor Castle itself—quite literally elevated above the street’s hurried activity. Like those workers and families, the castle is a character. Stately, omnipresent, and implacable, it appears an architectural manifestation of the British royal family. From their perch above these pedestrian happenings, monarchs keep watch over their domain. Gallery label for Art in Focus: The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06)
