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William Callow, 1812–1908, British, active in France, Ship Building, 1841
- Title:
Ship Building
- Date:
- 1841
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and brown and black ink, over graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 9/16 x 13 3/8 inches (21.7 x 34 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with black ink, on label, on support mat, lower left: "W. Callow RWS. | 1812-1908 | Ship-Building 1841"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, on support mat, lower right: "In March 1841 Callow left Paris and | settled in England. In the autumn of 1841 | he made a sketching tour with C Bentley | in Normandy. Visiting St. Malo. [Aurarches?], | Cader, Havre, Dieppe. | I think one drawing was made on the | English coast, possibly at or near New Haven | (or Shoreham district) before he left for Normandy. | Martin Hardie"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5865
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- beach | boats | building | construction | ladder | landscape | light | marine art | oars | scaffolding | ship | shore (landform)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15212
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