William Callow, R.W.S. (Greenwich 1812-1908 Great Missenden)

The Market Square, Coburg, Germany

Details

William Callow, R.W.S. (Greenwich 1812-1908 Great Missenden)
The Market Square, Coburg, Germany
signed and dated 'W. Callow/1872' (lower left) and inscribed 'N^o 11/Cobourg [sic]' (on the reverse) and indistinctly inscribed on a fragmentary label on the backboard
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic
10 3/8 x 14½ in. (34 x 36.8 cm.)

Exhibited

(Presumably) London, The Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 1872, as 'Looking into the Market Place at Coburg [sic]'.

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Lot Essay

In 1871 Callow and his wife set out on a sketching tour of Germany staying firstly in Bonn, where they attended the Beethoven Festival, and then moving on to Limburg, Runkel, Wilburg, Giessen, Marburg and other towns in the valley of the Lahn. During the tour Callow recorded the sights he saw in pencil. The study for the present watercolour is at Tate Britain (A00139).

We are grateful to Frau Gertraud Bachmann, historian in Coburg, for her help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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