North East View of Bothwell Castle in Clydsdal.
P. Sandby Delin & Sculp.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for Rob.t Sayer opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour, 18th century watermark. 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"), very large margins.
The ruins of Boothwell Castle in South Lanarkshire. Paul Sandby (1731-1809) went to Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, assisting in the military survey of the new road to Fort George, becoming draughtsman to the survey until 1751. While undertaking this commission, which included preparing designs for new bridges and fortifications, he began producing watercolour landscapes documenting the changes in Scotland since the rebellion, and making sketches of Scottish events such as the hanging in Edinburgh of soldier-turned-forger John Young in 1751. He left his post with the survey in 1751,
[Ref: 45283] £240.00
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. London Printed for Rob.t Sayer opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street [n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving with fine original hand colour, 18th century watermark. 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15"), very large margins.
The ruins of Boothwell Castle in South Lanarkshire. Paul Sandby (1731-1809) went to Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, assisting in the military survey of the new road to Fort George, becoming draughtsman to the survey until 1751. While undertaking this commission, which included preparing designs for new bridges and fortifications, he began producing watercolour landscapes documenting the changes in Scotland since the rebellion, and making sketches of Scottish events such as the hanging in Edinburgh of soldier-turned-forger John Young in 1751. He left his post with the survey in 1751,
[Ref: 45283] £240.00