Benjamin West

Sketch for ‘The Installation of the Order of the Garter’

c.1787

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Artist
Benjamin West 1738–1820
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
Support: 406 × 559 mm
frame: 687 × 827 × 65 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
Reference
N00315

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This is probably a finished sketch for a large oil painting which West produced in 1787 for the Audience Chamber at Windsor Castle. It was one of eight pictures recording events from the reign of King Edward III, who founded the Order of the Knights of the Garter in 1348. West painted them between 1786 and 1789. Here, he depicts the scene in St George's chapel, Windsor, when the Order was founded. The King and the Prince of Wales are kneeling on either side of the altar while Queen Pillippa is kneeling to the left.

Gallery label, September 2004

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