Mont Vacours, on the Seine

Details

William Callow, R.W.S. (1812-1908)
Mont Vacours, on the Seine
with inscription 'The Seine/Mont Vécours[sic]/July 17th 1834/William Callow' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour
4 x 9¾ in. (10.1 x 24.7 cm.)

Provenance

Mary Callow, the artist's widow.
with Walker's Galleries, London, April 1927, as 'Mont Vacours'.
Lord Clwyd and by descent until 1995.
with Agnew's, London.

Literature

Walker's Quarterly, William Callow, London, 1926, p. 43.
G. Bauer, Le Siècle d'Or de l'Aquarelle Anglaise, Anthèse, 1998, p. 147, pl. 205, illustrated in colour.

Exhibited

London, Agnew's, 123rd Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, 1996, no. 91, illustrated.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This watercolour was made during a brief tour in 1834, the year in which Callow was engaged by King Louis Philippe to give drawing lessons to his son the Duc de Nemours and his daughter Princesse Clémentine. The year before Callow took an atelier with Thomas Shotter Boys in 19 rue du Bouloi, Paris, not far from the Louvre.

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