• Was an English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours. • Together along with his older brother Thomas, became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy. • In 1760 he contributed to the first exhibition of the Society of Artists. • He exhibited regularly with the society until the foundation of the Royal Academy eight years later, and was one of its first directors when it was incorporated in 1765. • In 1768, he was appointed chief drawing master to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, a position he retained until 1799. • Next
Paul Sandby, The North Terrace at Windsor Castle, Looking East, c. 1775-80
Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-19.
Paul Sandby, The North Terrace at Windsor Castle, Looking East, c. 1775-80
