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PAUL SANDBY, R.A. | A fortified bridge in a river landscape

Lot Closed

September 20, 03:38 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

PAUL SANDBY, R.A.

Nottingham 1730 - 1809 London

A fortified bridge in a river landscape

Pen and brown ink and watercolour, on laid paper

256 by 308 mm (drawing)

425 by 467 mm (frame)

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It has been suggested that the fortified structure depicted in this drawing may represent a 'Peel Tower', which populate the frontier between England and Scotland. Sandby toured Scotland in the early 1750s.