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held in 1760, the drawings by these men are styled as being "stained,"
"tinted," or "washed."

The English School of Water-Colour Painting was now firmly established,
and several artists have been claimed to be the "father" of it. Amongst
them were William Tavener, an amateur painter, whose drawings were never
topographically correct, as he exaggerated buildings to give them a
classic appearance; Samuel Scott, a marine painter and styled the
English Canaletto, he was called by Horace Walpole "the first painter of
the age--one whose works will charm any age," and was also a friend of
Hogarth; also Alexander Cozens, born in Russia and the reputed son of
Peter the Great, but lately it has been suggested that Richard Cozens,
a ship-builder, who went to Russia in 1700, may have been his father.
He was sent to Italy to study art, and afterwards came to England. He
professed to teach amateurs how to produce pictures without study.
Edwards, in his "Anecdotes of Painting," describes his process as
dashing out a number of accidental large blots and loose flourishes from
which he selected forms and sometimes produced very grand ideas. Dayes
called him "Blotmaster-general to the town."

The painter, however, who is most generally regarded as being the father
of water-colour painting was Paul Sandby, R.A. He first obtained
employment in the Military Drawing Office of the Tower of London.
Afterwards he resided with his elder brother, Thomas Sandby, at Windsor.
At first he painted in the usual tinted manner of the period, but later
he worked with body-colour, by which manner he added considerable
richness to his drawings. _Windsor Castle: View of the Round and Devil's
Towers from the Black Rock_ (Plate I) is an admirable example of his
latter method. The drawing has been acquired through the Felton Bequest
Fund, and now hangs in the National Gallery of Victoria. Paul Sandby was
for many years the chief drawing-master at the Royal Military Academy at
Woolwich. He was also appointed by George III to give instruction in
drawing to his sons.

The work of Francis Towne has only of recent years come to be
appreciated. He belonged to a Devonshire family, but the exact place of
his birth is not known. He became a friend of William Pars, A.R.A., from
whom he received some instruction in drawing, and also went with him to
Rome in 1780. Although he spent considerable time on the Continent,
numerous drawings by him exist of scenes in his nat