Artist
Paul Sandby (British, 1731–1809)British, 1731–1809
CultureBritish
Titles
- St. Albans Abbey from the Northwest with the Sun Rising
Date1797
PlaceSaint Albans, England
MediumGouache and watercolor over graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (irregular): 22 3/16 × 31 3/4 in. (56.4 × 80.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Elizabeth Ulmer and Jonathan Graham, and their son Miles Ulmer Graham
Object number2017.252
Non exposé
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Department
Prints and DrawingsSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryThe Exhibition of the Royal Academy, M,DCC,XCVIII, The Thirtieth. Royal Academy, London, 1798 (exh. cat., cat. 623, as A N.W. view of St. Alban's, the effect of morning).
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive": British Watercolours and Drawings 1750-1850, Charles Beetles Ltd, London, 2008 (exh. cat., edited by David Wootton, Fiona Nickerson, and Catherine Andrews, fig. 141, illus.).
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