Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798, British
Title:
The Grotto, Virginia Water
Date:
ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 13/16in. (20.6 x 27.5cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1390
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | water | bridge (built work) | grotto | rocks (landforms)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 2009-07-25 - 2009-10-18)

Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (National Gallery of Scotland, 2009-11-07 - 2010-02-07)

Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Royal Academy of Arts, 2010-03-13 - 2010-06-13)

The Changing Garden: Four Hundred Years of European and American Gardens and Parks (Cantor Art Center, Stanford University, 2003-06-11 - 2003-09-07)

The Changing Garden: Four Hundred Years of European and American Gardens and Parks (Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 2003-10-19 - 2004-01-11)

The Changing Garden: Four Hundred Years of European and American Gardens and Parks (The University of Michigan Museum of Art, 2004-03-13 - 2004-05-23)

The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
Publications:
Stephen Daniels, Paul Sandby, picturing Britain , Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2009, cat. 79, NJ18 Sa56 P3 2009 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Jane Roberts, Royal Landscape, The Gardens and Parks of Windsor , Yale University Press, New Haven; London, 1997, p. 469, no. 503, SB466 G8 R57 1997 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

The Art of Paul Sandby, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, 1985, pp. 26-7, no. 21, NJ18 Sa56 R62 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12813