French Fishing Boats off a Rocky Coast

1833

William Callow

Artist, British, 1812 - 1908

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and white gouache over graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 17.5 x 26.5 cm (6 7/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
    overall: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.33.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christie's, London, 20 March 1984, lot 152); (P.& D. Colnaghi, Ltd., London); acquired 1985 by the NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., April 1986.

1987

  • English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.

2006

  • The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Inscriptions

lower left in brown ink: W. Callow, 1833

Watermarks

Fleur-de-lis in shield? (partial)

Wikidata ID

Q64636618


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