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Landscape With River And Bridge by Paul Sandby
Landscape with River and Bridge
Landscape With River And Bridge by Paul Sandby
Landscape With River And Bridge by Paul Sandby

Landscape with River and Bridge

Artist (Nottingham, England, 1725 - 1809)
Date1750-1774
Mediumpen, ink and watercolour on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 34.6 cm, Width: 53 cm
Frame: Height: 63.7 cm, Width: 84.8 cm
AcquisitionBequeathed in 1904 by William Arnold Sandby.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG003891
About MePaul Sandby has been claimed as the 'father' of British watercolour painting. He certainly was one of the earliest exponents of watercolour painting, as we would recognise the term.

Sandby was singled out by Gainsborough as the only contemporary English landscape artist who painted "real views from nature" instead of artificial Picturesque compositions. Sandby's response to landscape, nature and atmosphere was an emotional one, a quality that places him within the British school of Romantic landscape painting.

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From 1747, as chief draughtsman to the Military Survey in Scotland, Sandby travelled throughout the country producing detailed maps for the army. While travelling he also painted topographical and picturesque views.