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Drawing

1829-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
William Callow (artist)
Place of origin
France (made)
Switzerland (made)
Germany (made)

Pages from a sketchbook bound in a modern album. Sketches of landscapes, cityscapes and architecture.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Tourism & Travel
Topography
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
pencil, wash and watercolour
Pencil
Watercolour
Wash
Watercolour Drawing
Wash Technique
Brief description
William Callow. One of 196 sketches in a sketchbook of Paris and its environs, Normandy, Touraine, The Pyrenees, south of France, Switzerland and Germany. 1829-1850.
Physical description
Pages from a sketchbook bound in a modern album. Sketches of landscapes, cityscapes and architecture.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17in
  • Width: 12.75in
Production typeUnique
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
  • Stephen Duffy, The Discovery of Paris. Watercolours by early nineteenth-century British artists London: The Wallace Collection. ISBN: 9780900785429.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.857-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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