Ruins near a Stream, a Distant Building at the Foot of a Mountain
Paul Sandby
c. 1750
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 10.1 × 14.1 cm (4 × 5 9/16 in.) (oval) sheet: 11.5 × 16.6 cm (4 1/2 × 6 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
Accession Number
2017.53.3
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...