Paul Sandby
(1725-1809), Watercolour painter and engraver and a founder of the Royal Academy of ArtsMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 14 portraits
Artist associated with 4 portraits
Paul Sandby was a landscape painter and printmaker who worked principally in watercolour. He became one of the great pioneers of natural English landscape painting, but started out as a military surveyor producing an early survey of Scotland between 1747-1752. After settling in London, he worked as a drawing master to the aristocracy and developed his patronage and reputation through his network of amateur clients. Sandby was a founding member of the Royal Academy which was established in 1768, and subsequently became the first artist to employ aquatint in his picturesque views.
The Academicians of the Royal Academy
by John Sanders, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
watercolour and ink, 1773, based on a work of 1772
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Key to 'The Academicians of the Royal Academy'
by John Sanders, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
pencil, circa 1773
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by Sir William Beechey
oil on canvas, circa 1789
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by Edward Fisher, after Francis Cotes
mezzotint, published 1763
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by Edward Fisher, after Francis Cotes
mezzotint, published 1763
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by Edward Fisher, after Francis Cotes
mezzotint, published 1763
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The Academicians of the Royal Academy
by Richard Earlom, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
mezzotint, published 1773
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by and published by Robert Pollard, published by William Humphrey
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 14 November 1780
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by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1 October 1794
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by Charles (Cantelowe, Cantlo) Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
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by Charles (Cantelowe, Cantlo) Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
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after Francis Cotes
pen and ink and wash, 1804
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by and published by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, published 15 December 1809 (21 December 1794)
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by Henry Landseer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 4 December 1809 (exhibited 1789)
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