Paul Sandby (1731–1809)

• 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.
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