William Callow, O.W.S. (1812-1908)

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William Callow, O.W.S. (1812-1908)

In the Market Place, Leipzig

signed and dated 'W^m Callow 1902' and inscribed on the reverse 'N^o 13./In the Market Place/Leipsic (sic)'; pencil and watercolour with scratching out
16 3/8 x 12 7/8in. (416 x 328mm.)

Provenance

W Symington Esq, 1907
Bonham's Sale, 5 July, 1978, Lot 182 (#820)

Exhibited

London, The Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of Water-Colours by William Callow, Oct-Nov 1907, no 11

Lot Essay

Callow visited Germany in August 1852. In Brunswick 'an attendant placed in my hands the dried heart of the Duke who lost his life in trying to rescue some lions during an inundation' (William Callow, An Autobiography, London, 1908, p. 107), and in Leipzig Callow saw Bach's monument. Another view of the Hotel de Ville, Leipzig, by Callow is illustrated in Jan Reynolds, William Callow, R.W.S., London, 1980, no. 65

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