Caesar’s Tower and Part of Warwick Castle from the Island, plate three from Views of Warwick Castle
Paul Sandby
January 1776
Medium
Etching and aquatint in bistre on heavy cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.8 × 45.8 cm (11 3/4 × 18 1/16 in.); Plate: 32.5 × 48.3 cm (12 13/16 × 19 1/16 in.); Sheet: 44 × 63.5 cm (17 3/8 × 25 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
188440
About the Artist
Paul Sandby
Paul Sandby (1731–1809), an English painter and draughtsman born in Nottingham, is celebrated as the father of English watercolour landscape painting. He learned drawing from his older brother Thomas Sandby, a prominent architect and artist, and followed him into the Military Drawing Office at the Tower of London, where they honed their skills as military draughtsmen. In 1747, Paul accompanied Tho...