Man and Dog Seated Below Trees by River
Paul Sandby
n.d.
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), on tan wove paper
Dimensions
36.8 × 47.1 cm (14 1/2 × 18 9/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
114722
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...