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Paul Sandby ( 1725 – 9 November 1809) was an English map-maker turned landscape painter in water-colours, who, along with his older brother Thomas, became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768.Born in Nottingham, Sandby joined the topographical drawing room of the Board of Ordnance at the Tower of London in the early 1740s and in 1746 was tasked with mapping the remote Scottish Highlands. While undertaking this exacting commission, he began producing water-colour landscapes and news of his talent soon spread.
In 1752Events February 11 Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the US, is opened. March 23 The Halifax Gazette the first Canadian newspaper June 15 Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (kite + key + lightning) September 14 The British E, he took up a post with his brother producing landscapes of the royal estates at WindsorWindsor (usually pronunced 'winzer', but the d may be included) is a small town in Berkshire on the south-western outskirts of London. See Windsor, England. See also Windsor Castle. Windsor was adopted as the name of the British Royal House and Family dur, and also began producing aquatintAquatint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, that is in some sense a cross between etching and mezzotint. As in etching, acid is used to bite the plate, creating pits that will hold ink; as in mezzotint, the aquatinting process is used to c engravingEngraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into a it. The result may be a decorative object in itself, as when silver or gold are engraved, or may provide an intaglio plate, when copper is engraved, or a rs, having been commissioned by Sir Joseph BanksSir Joseph Banks ( February 13, 1743 June 19, 1820) was the British naturalist and botanist on Cook's first great voyage ( 1768- 1771) and some 75 species bear Banks' name. He is credited with the introduction to the West of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa, an to produce 48 plates depicting WelshFor alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation Wales ( Welsh: Cymru pronounced /"k@mrI/ SAMPA, km IPA, 'Kumree' approximate pronunciation) is one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom (the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ir scenery. He also drew some caricatures ridiculing William HogarthWilliam Hogarth ( November 10, 1697 October 26, 1764) was a major British painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, and editorial cartoonist who has been credited as a pioneer in western sequential art. His work ranged from excellent realistic portraiture to.
In 1768, he was appointed chief drawing master to the Royal Military AcademyThe Royal Military Academy was founded in 1741 in Woolwich, south-east London. It was intended to provide an education and produce good officers of Artillery and perfect Engineers''. Notable teachers at Woolwich included Peter Barlow, Samuel Hunter Christ at Woolwich, a position he retained until 1799. He died in London ten years later and was described in his obituaries as 'the father of modern landscape painting in watercolours'.
See also: English school of painting
Sandby, Paul
Sandby, Paul
Sandby, Paul
