1750
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Old Tea Gardens, Bayswater Road is a 1750 watercolor by Paul Sandby, a Rococo painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a quiet outdoor scene with two people sitting at a wooden table under a tree. Behind them is a simple wooden fence and a small house with a chimney. The trees are large and leafy, and the sky is pale and soft. The artist used light watercolors to show gentle shadows and details like the rough bark on the tree. The scene looks peaceful, like a break in a busy day. Look up Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour by Paul Sandby from around 1750 depicts the old tea gardens along Bayswater Road in London, with a handwritten inscription on the reverse side.
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Paul Sandby, (1731 – 7 November 1809) was an English mapmaker and painter who specialised in landscape art. Along with his older brother Thomas Sandby, he was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768.
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