Cardiff Castle from the West, plate two from Twelve Views in Wales
Paul Sandby
1777
Medium
Aquatint with etching in brown on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 23.7 × 31.4 cm (9 3/8 × 12 3/8 in.); Sheet: 32 × 46.3 cm (12 5/8 × 18 1/4 in.)
Classification
aquatint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
131395
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...