William Callow
William Callow was a painter and artist (1812–1908). He was born at Greenwich and died at Great Missenden.
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Recognition and collections
Work by William Callow is held by National Gallery of Victoria, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Auckland Art Gallery and Tate.
Identity
What the record establishes about William Callow.
William Callow is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. William Callow is recorded with the occupation painter. Stone Bridge; Wooden Footbridge (two drawings) is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1111a & b). Via dell'Independenza with the Palazzo Communale, Bologna is dated 1866 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1913P37). Il Mercato Vecchio, Florence (on frame, verso) is dated 1878 and held by Te Whare O Rehua Sarjeant Gallery (inventory 1927/4/1). The Royal Citadel and Cattewater, Plymouth is dated 1842 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1977.14.5864).
Glacier du Rhone and the Galenstock, from the Furka Pass Road is dated 1848 and held by Q1117704 (inventory 2005.3). Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland is dated 1842 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.189). Castle on a Cliff with Stormy Sea is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.4.1053). Farmhouse with Church in Distance is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1114). Plymouth Dockyard after the Fire is dated 1840 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.4.1470). The Luxor, Paris, December 1833 is dated 1833 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1977.14.5217).
View of Paris from Charenton is dated 1834 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1108). The Rhine at Assmannshausen is dated 1863 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1977.14.5866). Garden Stair, Haddon Hall is dated 1849 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1977.14.4943). Rheinfels and St. Goar is dated 1838 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1977.14.5216). The Seine at St. Cloud is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1110). Cottage in a Landscape is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1115).
View of the Pont Royal is dated 1833 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.4.1471). The Phalz Castle on the Rhine is dated 1847 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1942P65). Madonna with a Rabbit is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.4.106). Landscape with Sheep is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.4.107). Blois on the Loire is dated 1856 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1106). Notre Dame, Paris is dated 1835 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1109).
Works and catalogued output
What William Callow produced.
The Entrance to the Harbor of Marseilles is dated c. 1838 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1991.222). Château de Lourdes is dated July 11, 1836 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2017.663.2). Cases of diseased bladder and testicle / [William Wadd]. is dated 1817 and held by Wellcome Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 3 works under this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 3 works under this heading. The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogues 1 work under this heading.
Wikidata Query Service catalogues 40 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 7 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 2 works under this heading.
Holdings and surviving copies
Where material relating to William Callow is held.
The Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 3 objects associated with this name. The Cleveland Museum of Art records 1 object associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 106 objects associated with this heading.
Catalogued works
55 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1817 to 1905.
Glacier du Rhone and the Galenstock, from the Furka Pass Road, dated 1848, held by Q1117704, inventory 2005.3. A Street Scene in France, dated 1835, held by National Trust, inventory 266920. The Phalz Castle on the Rhine, dated 1847, held by Birmingham Museums Trust, inventory 1942P65. Tours, dated 1836, held by Birmingham Museums Trust, inventory 1953P54. Abergavenny, dated 1848, held by Birmingham Museums Trust, inventory 1953P57. Via dell'Independenza with the Palazzo Communale, Bologna, dated 1866, held by Birmingham Museums Trust, inventory 1913P37. Bordeaux, dated 1836, held by Birmingham Museums Trust, inventory 1953P52. Pene La Chaise Cemetary, dated 1905, held by Birmingham Museums Trust, inventory 1953P55. The Piazzetta, Venice, dated 1877, held by Birmingham Museums Trust, inventory 1953P51. Il Mercato Vecchio, Florence (on frame, verso), dated 1878, held by Te Whare O Rehua Sarjeant Gallery, inventory 1927/4/1. The Grand Canal, Venice. Fishing boats beside the harbour wall, Gravesend, Kent. Lugano, Switzerland. The Grand Canal with San Simeon Piccolo, Venice. The market square and Palazzo Regione, Padua, Italy. Stone Bridge; Wooden Footbridge (two drawings), held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.1111a & b. Windmill, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.1112. Watermill, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.1113. Farmhouse with Church in Distance, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.1114. Cottage in a Landscape, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.1115. The Royal Citadel and Cattewater, Plymouth, dated 1842, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1977.14.5864. Blois on the Loire, dated 1856, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.1106. Chateau d'Ecouen, dated 1833, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.1107. View of Paris from Charenton, dated 1834, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.1108. Notre Dame, Paris, dated 1835, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.1109. The Seine at St. Cloud, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.1110. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland, dated 1842, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.189. Margate, dated 1849, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.1052. Castle on a Cliff with Stormy Sea, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.1053. The Rialto, dated 1846, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.1054. Madonna with a Rabbit, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.106. Landscape with Sheep, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.107. Plymouth Dockyard after the Fire, dated 1840, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.1470. View of the Pont Royal, dated 1833, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.4.1471. Versailles, dated 1833, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1977.14.4942. Garden Stair, Haddon Hall, dated 1849, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1977.14.4943. Rheinfels and St. Goar, dated 1838, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1977.14.5216. The Luxor, Paris, December 1833, dated 1833, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1977.14.5217. Ship Building, dated 1841, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1977.14.5865. The Rhine at Assmannshausen, dated 1863, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1977.14.5866. William Callow. William Callow, R. W. S., F. R. G. S. Château de Lourdes, dated July 11, 1836, watercolor over graphite, white gouache (bodycolor), held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2017.663.2. Caesar's Tower, Warwick Castle, dated ca. 1850, watercolor and touches of gouache (bodycolor) over graphite, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 48.149.24. On the Wharfe, Bolton Abbey, dated September 30, 1858, watercolor, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2008.94. The Entrance to the Harbor of Marseilles, dated c. 1838, watercolor with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, and scraping, on off-white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1991.222. Ships Sailing Into Harbor, dated n.d., watercolor with scraping, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1993.248.944. Tree Trunk I, dated n.d., watercolor over traces of graphite on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1993.248.217. The Temple of Vesta and the Falls at Tivoli, dated 1859, watercolor with gouache and graphite underdrawing, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2011.4. Cases of diseased bladder and testicle / [William Wadd]., dated 1817, held by Wellcome Collection. Mems. maxims and memoirs / By William Wadd., dated 1827, held by Wellcome Collection. Mems. maxims, and memoirs / by William Wadd., dated 1827, held by Wellcome Collection. On the malformations and diseases of the head / by William Wadd., dated 1819, held by Wellcome Collection. Observations relative to the treatment by Sir William Adams : of the ophthalmic cases of the army., dated 1818, held by Wellcome Collection. Practical observations on strictures of the urethra / [William Wadd]., dated 1826, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 14 named public collections.
Yale Center for British Art: 28 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Birmingham Museums Trust: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Q1117704: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Trust: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Te Whare O Rehua Sarjeant Gallery: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Manchester Art Gallery: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Salisbury Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Towner Eastbourne: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Box: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 106 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Callow, William, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Callow, William, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Callow, William (1812–1908), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Callow, William, (28 July 1812–20 Feb. 1908), Who Was Who, 2007.
Evidence base
This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is English.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands, Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Work by William Callow is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Auckland Art Gallery, Tate and Te Whare O Rehua Sarjeant Gallery.
Chronology
- 1053Castle on a Cliff with Stormy Sea is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.4.1053).
- 1110The Seine at St. Cloud is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1110).
- 1114Farmhouse with Church in Distance is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1114).
- 1115Cottage in a Landscape is catalogued and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1115).
- 1812William Callow born at Greenwich.
- 1812William Callow was born in 1812 at Greenwich.
- 1812William Callow was born on 1 January 1812.
- 1812William Callow was born on 28 July 1812.
- 1817Cases of diseased bladder and testicle / [William Wadd]. is dated 1817 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1818Observations relative to the treatment by Sir William Adams : of the ophthalmic cases of the army. is dated 1818 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1819On the malformations and diseases of the head / by William Wadd. is dated 1819 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1826Practical observations on strictures of the urethra / [William Wadd]. is dated 1826 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1827Mems. maxims, and memoirs / by William Wadd. is dated 1827 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1833The Luxor, Paris, December 1833 is dated 1833 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1977.14.5217).
- 1833View of the Pont Royal is dated 1833 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.4.1471).
- 1834View of Paris from Charenton is dated 1834 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1108).
- 1835Notre Dame, Paris is dated 1835 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1109).
- 1835A Street Scene in France (National Trust).
- 1836Château de Lourdes is dated July 11, 1836 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2017.663.2).
- 1836Château de Lourdes (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1836Tours (Birmingham Museums Trust).
- 1838The Entrance to the Harbor of Marseilles is dated c. 1838 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1991.222).
- 1838The Entrance to the Harbor of Marseilles (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 1838Rheinfels and St. Goar is dated 1838 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1977.14.5216).
- 1840Plymouth Dockyard after the Fire is dated 1840 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.4.1470).
- 1842The Royal Citadel and Cattewater, Plymouth is dated 1842 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1977.14.5864).
- 1842Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland is dated 1842 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.189).
- 1847The Phalz Castle on the Rhine is dated 1847 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1942P65).
- 1847The Phalz Castle on the Rhine (Birmingham Museums Trust).
- 1848Glacier du Rhone and the Galenstock, from the Furka Pass Road is dated 1848 and held by Q1117704 (inventory 2005.3).
- 1848Glacier du Rhone and the Galenstock, from the Furka Pass Road (Q1117704).
- 1848Abergavenny (Birmingham Museums Trust).
- 1849Garden Stair, Haddon Hall is dated 1849 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1977.14.4943).
- 1850Caesar's Tower, Warwick Castle (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1856Blois on the Loire is dated 1856 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1975.3.1106).
- 1858On the Wharfe, Bolton Abbey (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1863The Rhine at Assmannshausen is dated 1863 and held by Yale Center for British Art (inventory B1977.14.5866).
- 1866Via dell'Independenza with the Palazzo Communale, Bologna is dated 1866 and held by Birmingham Museums Trust (inventory 1913P37).
- 1866Via dell'Independenza with the Palazzo Communale, Bologna (Birmingham Museums Trust).
- 1878Il Mercato Vecchio, Florence (on frame, verso) is dated 1878 and held by Te Whare O Rehua Sarjeant Gallery (inventory 1927/4/1).
- 1908William Callow died at Great Missenden.
- 1908William Callow died in 1908 at Great Missenden.
- 1908William Callow died on 1 February 1908.
- 1993Ships Sailing Into Harbor is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1993.248.944).
- 1993Tree Trunk I is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1993.248.217).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Callow, His Honour Henry William, (16 May 1926–14 April 2006), HM Second Deemster, Isle of Man, 1988–93, Who Was Who, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Callow, William (1812–1908), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Callow, William, (28 July 1812–20 Feb. 1908), Who Was Who, 2007
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Callow, William, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
- 6.
Open Library author record for William Callow (Internet Archive), 3 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 7.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q2536852: William Callow
Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 8.
Internet Archive, 3 digitised items catalogued under William Callow as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 9.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with William Callow.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 10.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with William Callow.
museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Consult the source - 11.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with William Callow (3 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 12.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 106 works naming William Callow.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 13.
“William Callow”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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