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

The Trongate, Glasgow

Details

William Callow, R.W.S. (1812-1908)
The Trongate, Glasgow
signed and indistinctly dated 'W. Callow...' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with white
17.3/8 x 12.7/8 in. (44.1 x 32.8 cm.)

Provenance

with The Fine Art Society, London, March 1955.

Literature

J. Reynolds, William Callow, London, 1980, p. 210.

Exhibited

London, Old Watercolour Society, 1850 as 'Trongate Glasgow, The Iron Church etc'.
London, Old Watercolour Society, 1851 as 'Trongate Glasgow from the Corner of the High Street'.
London, Old Watercolour Society, 1856.

Lot Essay

The present watercolour and another version of the Trongate, Glasgow is discussed and illustrated in J. Reynolds, William Callow, p. 91, pl. 87.

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

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