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Paul Sandby RA (1731 – 7 November 1809) was an English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours, who, along with his older brother Thomas, became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768.
Paul Sandby was a prominent British painter, watercolourist and engraver in the 18th century. He is known for his landscapes, satires, aquatints and his role in the Royal Academy.
Paul Sandby (1731 – 7 November 1809) was an English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours, who, along with his older brother Thomas, became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768.
Paul Sandby (1731 – 7 November 1809) was an English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours, who, along with his older brother Thomas, became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768.
Apr 16, 2010 · Sandby, born in Nottingham in 1731, was 16 when he was roped in by the army Board of Ordnance as “the chief Draftsman of the fair Plan” to map Scotland after the crushing of the...
The artist sketched in Wales in the 1770s and knew the region’s medieval architecture well but decided in this work to place the ruins of a thirteenth-century Cistercian abbey and chapter house in the background.
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Nottingham, 12 Jan. 1731; d London, 7/8 Nov. 1809). English painter (mainly in watercolour), draughtsman, and printmaker. Like his elder brother Thomas (bapt. Nottingham, 8 Dec. 1723; d Windsor, 25 June 1798) before him, he began his career as a military draughtsman.
