Paul Sandby
St. Albans Abbey from the Northwest with the Sun Rising

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Artist Paul Sandby (British, 1731–1809)British, 1731–1809

CultureBritish

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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, board members of St. Albans School, Washington, D.C., and Miles Ulmer Graham, graduate of St. Albans School in 2012

Object number2017.252

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Prints and Drawings

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The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance[Christie’s, London, June 15, 1982, lot 66 (as The Property of a Lady of Title)]; purchased by David Moore, 1982; Estate of David Moore; [acquired by James Mackinnon, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
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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