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Description: | Calshot is one of the coastal forts built by Henry VIII. It dates from 1539-40. The drawing shown is by Samuel Prout (1783-1852) and was made very early in his career when, under the patronage of John Britton, he had begun to make drawings of antiquarian subjects and to copy works of other artists. This illustration is a copy of a drawing by Paul Sandby (1723-1809), a major artist of the time.
The original drawing was made shortly after the alterations begun in 1774 were completed. In these, the height of the curtain wall was lowered, the top of the keep was altered to provide a continuous parapet to shield troops with muskets, and the governor's lodgings were built. On the left-hand side is the drawbridge, reported in the 1770s (presumably before restoration work) to have been in a miserable condition. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | building drawbridge Calshot Castle castle Southampton Water fort Calshot | Temporal: | start=1805-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Samuel Prout; I C Smith; Paul Sandby, Vernor and Hood | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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