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Two Scotsmen flying on a witch's broomstick from Edinburgh to London; representing Scots usurping the positions of southerners under the government of Lord Bute. Etching by P. Sandby, 1762.

Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.

Robert Bragge. Line engraving by Paul Sandby.

Magicians leaving the wood where they successfully performed incantations. Etching by P.Sandby and E. Rooker, 1763, after J. Collins.

A young woman takes the hand of a sick man, while an older woman listens. Line engraving by C. Grignion after P. Sandby.

A trio of quack doctors attending to Britannia: the Earl of Bute with an ass's head blindfolds a woman who is vomiting into a bowl held by Louis XV as a baboon: Tobias Smollett takes her pulse;while Henry Fox approaches her with a clyster-pipe; representing the loss of British assets to France in the Treaty of Paris. Etching attributed to Paul Sandby, 1762.

The Royal Infirmary with figures and coat of arms, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by P. Fourdrinier after P. Sandby.

William Hogarth with a parody of the ideas expressed in his 'Analysis of beauty'. Etching by P. Sandby, 1753.

The virtuosi's museum ; containing select views, in England, Scotland and Ireland / drawn by P. Sandby.

A lady and two children with a dog under a tree in a country park. Etching by P. Sandby, c. 1752, after himself.

Euromos (Euromus, Ayakli), Turkey: the remains of the temple of Zeus. Aquatint by P. Sandby, 1779, after W. Pars, 1765.

William Hogarth whitewashing a large jack boot; representing Hogarth's acceptance of patronage from Lord Bute. Etching, 1762, by Paul Sandby.

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Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809

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The virtuosi's museum ; containing select views, in England, Scotland and Ireland / drawn by P. Sandby.

A lady and two children with a dog under a tree in a country park. Etching by P. Sandby, c. 1752, after himself.

Euromos (Euromus, Ayakli), Turkey: the remains of the temple of Zeus. Aquatint by P. Sandby, 1779, after W. Pars, 1765.

William Hogarth whitewashing a large jack boot; representing Hogarth's acceptance of patronage from Lord Bute. Etching, 1762, by Paul Sandby.

Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.