On the Seine
William Callow (Greenwich 1812 - Great Missenden 1908)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1827 - 1841
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
222 x 318 mm (8 3/4 x 12 1/2 in)
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Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230379
Summary
Watercolour on paper, On the Seine, by William Callow (Greenwich 1812 – Great Missenden 1908), signed bottom right. A view of sailing boats and a paddle steamer moored on the river. Date: Mid-late C19th
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right: W Callow Mount: “On the Seine” / W. M. CALLOW, R.W.S. / BORN / 1812 / DIED 1908 Scratched in to the back of the frame: 11 / May 29 / 73 On the back of the frame, on a pink printed label: GEORGE HUGHES, / FINE ART DEALER, / BEWICK HOUSE, / 50 & 52 PILGRIM STREET, / NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, / Reference Number… In pencil, on the back of the frame: No.11 / Brown DR In pencil on brown tape on the back of the frame: middle right of right wall of window On the back of the frame, on the fragment of a white label with blue edge: No.41 On the back of the frame, on a fragment of paper in pencil: 18 On the back of the frame, on a serrated round label: 146
Makers and roles
William Callow (Greenwich 1812 - Great Missenden 1908), artist