Entrance to Dover Harbour

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

John Callow was born in London, the son of a carpenter. In 1835 became a pupil of his brother, watercolourist William Callow (already an established artist), in Paris. John began his studies by copying works at the Louvre. He returned to London in 1843/44 and exhibited at several institutions: most frequently at the Society of Painters in Water Colours. He also made illustrations for school books by Irish educationist Vere Foster. In 1855, he became a professor of drawing at Addiscombe College. After its’ closure in 1861 he was appointed a landscape drawing master at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and in 1875 he accepted a position at Queen’s College, London. Callow died at the age of 55, at his home in Lewisham High Road, Deptford.

Places

England, Dover: Admiralty Pier, Dover: Old Lighthouse, Admiralty Pier, Dover, Kent, English Channel, Dover Harbour

Subjects

topography, seascape/coastal scene, sea, wave, harbour, house, lighthouse, steamboat, ship, buoy

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

John Callow (1822 - 1878)

Title

Entrance to Dover Harbour

Date

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 43.30 cm, width: 63.40 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, March 1975

Inscription

none

Provenance

R.Aitken

GAC number

11849