Ref NoAPO/1/19
TitleSandby, Paul (1731-1809) and Thomas (1721-1798)
Admin/Biog HistoryOppé had a long-standing interest in the artists, brothers Paul and Thomas Sandby, having acquired his first drawing in the 1920s. In the 1940s he was working in the Royal Library at Windsor, assisted by the Librarian, Owen Morshead to produce the following publications:

Oppé, A.P. (1944) A drawing by Paul Sandby. The Burlington Magazine, 85(500), pp. 277-278.
Oppé, A.P. (1946) The memoir of Paul Sandby by his son. The Burlington Magazine, 88(519), pp. 143-147.
Oppé, A.P. (1947) The drawings of Paul and Thomas Sandby in the collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle. Oxford; London: Phaidon.
Oppé, A.P. (1950) English drawings, Stuart and Georgian periods, in the collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle. London: Phaidon.

[copies are available in the Paul Mellon Centre Library, see URLs below]
DescriptionThis series includes:

-research correspondence
-research notes on auctions
-research notes concerning works in public & private collections
-research notes made from original and published sources
-images
-material relating to Oppé's 1947 Sandby catalogue
-material relating to Oppé's 1950 Windsor catalogue

Please note that whereever this catalogue refers to Sandby, and doesn't distinguish by their given name, it is uncertain which of the two brothers the text being described is refereing to.
Date6 Aug 1943-19 Aug 1946
LevelSeries
Extent10 Files
URLhttp://paulmelloncentre.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/search2?searchterm=00076287&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND
http://paulmelloncentre.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/search2?searchterm=D1290&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND
http://paulmelloncentre.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/search2?searchterm=%09D1663&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND
    Powered by CalmView© 2008-2026