Travelers Entering a Town
Paul Sandby
1751–1809
Medium
Watercolor over pencil
Dimensions
10 11/16 x 8 1/16 in. (27.2 x 20.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Culture
British
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.899
Tags
BuildingsTownsMenHorses
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...