Location

Country: Spain
City: Madrid
Place: British Embassy

Paul Sandby, painter, printmaker and drawing master, was born in Nottingham. He was taught by his elder brother, architect and draughtsman Thomas Sandby, and followed Thomas in working at the Board of Ordnance. In 1747, he was made official draughtsman to the military survey of the Scottish Highlands, following the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. During the Gordon Riots of 1780, he was employed to record the military encampments in London. He was chief drawing master at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich from 1768 to 1796. Sandby was involved in the establishment of the Society of Artists and was a founder member of the Royal Academy. His made numerous views of Windsor Castle and Windsor Great Park, over a period of around 50 years.

Places

England, Surrey, London

Subjects

rowing boat, horseback, topography, tree, horse, sheep, lake, island, bridge (rural), botanic garden, garden, lawn, footbridge, temple (religious building), pagoda

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

William Marlow (1740 - 1813)
Paul Sandby (1731 - 1809)

Title

A View of the Lake & Island seen from the Lawn, with the Bridge, the Temples of Arethusa, & Victory, & the great Pagoda, in the Royal Gardens at Kew

Date

1763

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Parker Gallery, June 1971

GAC number

9283