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Caesar’s Tower and Part of Warwick Castle from the Island, plate three from Views of Warwick Castle

A work made of etching and aquatint in bistre on heavy cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of etching and aquatint in bistre on heavy cream laid paper.

Date:

January 1776

Artist:

Paul Sandby
English, 1731-1809

About this artwork

Paul Sandby was the first English artist to seek the picturesque in the broken surfaces and timeworn buildings of Scotland and Wales. In his many landscapes and views of castles, Sandby incorporated buildings, townspeople, animals, and other minor elements as details that heighten the sense of the picturesque. The balance of buildings with the flow of the landscape is perhaps one of the most attractive features of Sandby’s work.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Sandby

Title

Caesar’s Tower and Part of Warwick Castle from the Island, plate three from Views of Warwick Castle

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1776

Medium

Etching and aquatint in bistre on heavy cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 29.8 × 45.8 cm (11 3/4 × 18 1/16 in.); Plate: 32.5 × 48.3 cm (12 13/16 × 19 1/16 in.); Sheet: 44 × 63.5 cm (17 3/8 × 25 in.)

Credit Line

Mary S. Adams and Sara R. Shorey endowments

Reference Number

2006.150

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