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Paul Sandby
1731-1809
Eton College from Crown Corner
1779
Watercolor over graphite on laid paper.
12 1/4 x 19 1/16 inches (311 x 484 mm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bart T. Tiernan.
2019.123

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Signed and dated, pen and brown ink 'P. Sandby 1779', bottom right.

Provenance: 
Fine Art Society, May 1951, no. 50; Lt. Col. Cuthbert Dawnay MC (1891-1964); Sir Oliver Millar GCVO (1923-2007); son-in-law of the above by descent; Private collection, UK; purchased in 2013 through Andrew Clayton-Payne, London, by Bart Tiernan, New York.
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Dawnay, Cuthbert, 1891-1964, former owner.
Millar, Oliver, 1923-2007, former owner.
Tiernan, Bart, former owner.

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School: 
British
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints