William Callow
Looking Towards Inveraray Castle, Loch Fyne, Argyll

ArtistBritish, 1812–1908
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Looking Towards Inveraray Castle, Loch Fyne, Argyll
DateSeptember 27, 1849
MediumWatercolor over graphite on cream wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 9 3/4 × 15 5/8 in. (24.8 × 39.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of Julia and Winston Crowder, and Joan Wier Weatherly
Object number2023.501
Non exposé

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ProvenanceG.G. Knowles, Esq; [Appleby Brothers, London]; [Sotheby’s, London, Important Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century English Drawings and Watercolours, March 16, 1978, lot 159]; private collection, England, by 1978; [Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, Ltd, London, as of 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryBritish Drawings and Watercolours and a Collection of Oils, Guy Peppiatt Fine Art Ltd, London, June 8, 2023, cat. 41, illus. (exh. cat.).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Dated in graphite, bottom left corner: January / [partially erased] 27, 49
Recto: Signed in brown ink, bottom left corner: W. Callow
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, right top edge: new frame / size of drawing / 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, upper center: No 4/Distant view of/Inverary Castle [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, upper right edge: 9oz / L&A
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, left center: Lot 34/S. 28.7.65/cork OL/-/-
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 8
Recto: Mat: [none]
Interior: Mat: Inscribed in graphite, top edge: SEPIA / 902 / No5
Verso: Mat: Inscribed in blue ink, upper center: 19
Verso: Mat: Inscribed in graphite, center: E.A. 66

Recto: Signed in brown ink, bottom left corner: W. Callow
Sheet: [none]
Interior: Mat: White paper label, center bottom edge, printed in black ink: WILLIAM CALLOW, 1812-1908 / Distant view of Inverary Castle / Exhibited Royal Watercolour Soc. / EX Collection G.G. Knowles Esq,
Verso: Mat: White paper label, center top edge, inscribed in blue ink: E/4352
Catalogue raisonnénot published
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