Dawn in Luton Park
1763/1765
Medium
watercolor and gouache with pen and ink over graphite on two sheets of joined laid paper; laid down on 19th-century mount
Dimensions
Overall: 32.9 x 76.2 cm (12 15/16 x 30 in.) overall (mat size): 53.3 x 94 cm (21 x 37 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Paul Mellon Fund
Accession Number
2001.117.1
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...