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Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain
Paul Sandby RA (17311809) has long been considered the father of English watercolour painting. This survey offers fresh perspectives on Sandby's work and the development of eighteenth-century British art. It explores his role as a teacher and his innovations in printmaking.
Contents:
Editors' Preface / John Bonehill and Stephen Daniels --
Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain / John Bonehill, Stephen Daniels and Nicholas Alfrey --
Sandbys and the Royal Academy / Martin Postle --
Analysis of Deceit: Sandby's Satires against Hogarth / Geoff Quilley --
Court Art Reviewed: The Sandbys' Vision of Windsor and Its Environs / Matthew Craske --
'The Monarch of the Plain': Paul Sandby and Topography / Felicity Myrone --
'Grand Secrets': Sandby's Materials and Techniques / John Bonehill and Sarah Skinner --
Catalogue plates and entries / John Bonehill --
I. Picture-making --
II. Roads and Street Life --
III. Antiquities --
IV. Estates --
Chronology / John Bonehill.
Contents:
Editors' Preface / John Bonehill and Stephen Daniels --
Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain / John Bonehill, Stephen Daniels and Nicholas Alfrey --
Sandbys and the Royal Academy / Martin Postle --
Analysis of Deceit: Sandby's Satires against Hogarth / Geoff Quilley --
Court Art Reviewed: The Sandbys' Vision of Windsor and Its Environs / Matthew Craske --
'The Monarch of the Plain': Paul Sandby and Topography / Felicity Myrone --
'Grand Secrets': Sandby's Materials and Techniques / John Bonehill and Sarah Skinner --
Catalogue plates and entries / John Bonehill --
I. Picture-making --
II. Roads and Street Life --
III. Antiquities --
IV. Estates --
Chronology / John Bonehill.
245 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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