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PAUL SANDBY, R.A. (NOTTINGHAM 1730-1809 LONDON)
The Strid on the River Wharfe, Yorkshire
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour on paper watermarked 'VILLEDARY'
1112 x 1878 in. (29.2 x 48 cm.)
Provenance
with Walker Galleries, London, 1957.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 7 December 2016, lot 194.
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Paul Sandby began his career as a military draughtsman in the Ordnance Office at the Tower of London, before being appointed draughtsman to the survey of Scotland in 1747. His detailed topographical style reflects this early training.

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