Artwork
Old Tea Gardens, Bayswater Road
Old Tea Gardens, Bayswater Road is a watercolor work on paper by the Rococo painting artist Paul Sandby. It dates from 1750 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
The drawing depicts a scene at the Old Tea Gardens along Bayswater Road, rendered by Paul Sandby. It closely follows, with slight differences, another work in the same collection or a comparable piece by the artist.
Artist & collection
Artist
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.
Landscape with Barn
The Horse and Groom by the River Lea
Fleming House
Cloetis
The first lecture theatre at the South Kensington Museum, later the Victoria and Albert Museum
Whitwell Hall, Derbyshire
Farmhouse, Buckinghamshire
Mitcham Common, Surrey, shewing the road running along the west side
Near Esther, Surrey