The Old Weighing house, Amsterdam

Details

William Callow, R.W.S. (1812-1908)
The Old Weighing house, Amsterdam
signed and dated 'W^m Callow/1896' (lower left) and with inscription and number 'N^o 5/The Old Weighing House/Amsterdam' (on the backing presumably recording an earlier inscription)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
20¼ x 14 in. (51.4 x 35.5 cm.)

Provenance

London, The Royal Society for Painters in Water-Colours, 1896, summer exhibition, no. 184.

Exhibited

Probably, London, Leicester Gallery, 1909, no. 68.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Another watercolour entitled Weighing House Amsterdam was executed in 1882 (see J. Reynolds, William Callow, London, 1980, p. 101). Callow made a sketching tour of Holland in 1845.

We are grateful to John Zwemmer for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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