William Sandby

Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings by Paul Sandby Formed by William Sandby and Now the Property of Hubert Peake which Will be Sold at Auction by Christie, Manson & Woods, May 26, 1959

• Author(s): William Sandby

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1959
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings by Thomas Sandby and Paul Sandby

• Author(s): Hubert Peake, William Sandby, Christie, Manson & Woods

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1959
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The William Sandby Collection of Drawings and Pictures by Thomas Sandby and Paul Sandby ...

• Author(s): Christie, Manson & Woods

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1959
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Portfolio,

• Categories: Art

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1888
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Art, Artisans and Apprentices

• Author(s): James Ayres

• Categories: History

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2014-06-30
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• Publisher: Oxbow Books

Before the foundation of academies of art in London in 1758 and Philadelphia in 1805, most individuals who were to emerge as artists trained in workshops of varying degrees of relevance. Easel painters began their careers apprenticed to carriage, house, sign or ship painters, whilst a few were placed with those who made pictures. Sculptors emerged from a training as ornamental plasterers or carvers. Of the many other trades in a position to offer an appropriate background were ‘limning’, staining, engraving, surveying, chasing and die-sinking. In addition, plumbers gained the right to use oil painting and, for plasterers, the application of distemper was an extension of their trade. Cent...