Italianate Landscape
1762/ c. 1774
Medium
etching, aquatint, and lift-ground aquatint printed in brown on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 42.9 x 33.8 cm (16 7/8 x 13 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Washington Print Club in honor of Sherwood Smith
Accession Number
1989.47.1
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...