Watercolour and graphite on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-callow-79" aria-label="More by William Callow" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">William Callow</a>
Richmond Castle Yorkshire
Presented by the artist's widow 1909
architecture
castle
cliff
England
England, Northern
hill
landscape
military
military
places
Richmond, Richmond Castle
river
rocky
ruins
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
water: inland
Yorkshire, North
<p>Callow trained as an engraver and moved to Paris in 1829, where he began to exhibit at the Salon and eventually established a successful practice as a drawing-master to the French nobility.</p><p>Callow owned copies of Turner’s England and Wales series which had always been an inspiration to him. In 1841 he left Paris and returned to London, starting afresh and practically unknown. This watercolour of Richmond Castle in Yorkshire was painted on a trip taken in 1843 from Glasgow to London, travelling by coach and stopping at principal towns along the way.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour graphite
Richmond Castle, Yorkshire
support: 337 × 514 mm
Presented by the artist's widow 1909
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<span class="text0">Callow trained as an <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/engraving" title="Glossary definition for 'Engraving'"><span>engraver</span></a> and moved to Paris in      1829, where he began to exhibit </span><span class="text14">at the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/salon" title="Glossary definition for 'Salon'"><span>Salon</span></a>      and eventually established </span><span class="text0">
a successful      practice as a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a>-master to the French nobility. </span>
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<span class="text0">Callow owned copies of Turner’s </span><span class="text15">England and Wales</span><span class="text0"> series which      had always been an inspiration to him. In 1841 he left Paris and returned      to London, starting afresh and practically unknown. This </span><span class="text13"><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a></span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text12">of Richmond Castle in Yorkshire was painted on a trip taken in      1843 from Glasgow to London, travelling by coach </span><span class="text16">and </span><span class="text14">stopping at principal towns along  
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architecture castle cliff England England, Northern hill landscape military military places Richmond, Richmond Castle river rocky ruins townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions water: inland Yorkshire, North