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Description: | Painting depicting an exterior view of Sandby's studio. In the foreground is a walled courtyard that leads to the studio building. The building has two floors, with a large arched window in the centre of the second floor. There are stairs attached to the right of the building that lead up to a balcony, where a woman is shaking a rug. There is another woman in the courtyard, carrying a pail. To the left of the building's perimeter is a strip of garden with a woman hanging up washing on a line.
Unsigned.
On reverse: 'Mr P Sandby's study at the back of his house on St. George's Row...[..]' Sir Charles Rich (donor's husband d. <1935) 'descended on his mother's side from the Sandbys ... was the last surviving relative of the family. He had pictures given him by various members of the family - and inherited some from Mr. William Sandby who lent a number to the 'Special Exhibition of Drawings and Pictures by Paul & Thomas Sandby [Castle Mus. 1884]'
Probably a sketch for the picture in the BM. Sandby moved to the address in 1772 and stayed there until death. The house was later known as 23 Hyde Park Place and was demolished in 1901.
Accession number: NCM 1945-159 | Subjects: | artists topography domestic life architecture laundering | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | by SANDBY/Paul | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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