FDA-D.1702-2023
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1702-2023
Object type
Identification
Title
Meudon on the Seine
Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath
Title Type
assigned by artist
Common name
Common name
Description
Painted landscape view of green hills, figures with a cart and figures near a body of water in the foreground
Comments
At just 15 years of age William Callow, then apprenticed to printmaker Theodore Fielding (1781–1851), was invited to relocate to Paris to assist in engraving illustrations for Le Rhône by JeanBaptiste Sauvan (published 1829). Although he returned briefly to England during the 1830 Revolution in France, in February 1831 Callow travelled back to Paris, remaining until he commenced long walking tours through France, Switzerland and Germany from 1835. During his time in Paris, Callow met both French and British artists who would be a considerable influence on his career, notably R.P. Bonington whose influence is most apparent in Callow’s river scenes. This example was made at Meudon, just west of the Seine, now a busy suburb of Paris.
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 166mm
width (actual size): 275mm
width (actual size): 275mm
Inscription
signed lower centre: 'W. Callow'; inscribed on verso: ‘Meudon on the Seine’
Material
paper
watercolour
watercolour
Materials & techniques note
Watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1834
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Richard Henry Allen Amis (K.S. 1945-50; 1932-2018); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
Exhibited: 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024
