Pont-y-Pair over the River Conway above Llanrwst in the County of Denbigh
1776
Medium
etching, aquatint, and lift-ground aquatint with burnishing printed in brown on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 32.2 × 39.8 cm (12 11/16 × 15 11/16 in.) plate: 23.7 × 31.3 cm (9 5/16 × 12 5/16 in.) image: 21.8 × 29.6 cm (8 9/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1980.20.1
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...