Canterbury - Cemetery Gate of St Augustine's Monastery at Canterbury. by Paul Sandby, 1725-1809

Paul Sandby, 1725-1809
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Canterbury - Cemetery Gate of St Augustine's Monastery at Canterbury.

Original aquatint with etching in grey inks. 1782. Signed and dated in the plate: P.Sandby Fecit 1782. Printed and issued by Sandby. With the publication line 'Published by P.Sandby St Georges Row North side of Hyde Park May 1789. Extremely rare.

Exceptionally fine sparkling impression in tones of grey-sepia ink. On light laid pale cream 18th century paper. Generally in extremely fine condition for such a print. One or two minor tears in the margins only now repaired. With 1/4 - 3/4 inch margins beyond the platemark. Sheet: 15 1/2 x 21 3/4ins. Plate: 14 3/8 x 21 1/4ins. (365x540mm).

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Sandby's finest prints from the mature part of his career were drawn in aquatint. The rarest of the prints are the ones that he issued himself as single prints, rather than as parts of published sets where he enlisted the help of printsellers like Boydell. This study of Canterbury is an absolutely outstanding example of the brilliant qualities of varied light and tone which he could create in aquatint. There is a sparkle of light in such works which is unique in early landscape printmaking.

This is only about the third impression of this print that we have seen in more than 30 years.

See also the notes on Sandby in 'Landscape in Scotland with a Hay Cart and Buildings, near Edinburgh.'