Live Auction 21459Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours
WILLIAM CALLOW, R.W.S (GREENWICH 1812-1908 GREAT MISSENDEN)
Lot 136

WILLIAM CALLOW, R.W.S (GREENWICH 1812-1908 GREAT MISSENDEN)

View of Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy

Closed4 July 2023

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GBP 5,292

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WILLIAM CALLOW, R.W.S (GREENWICH 1812-1908 GREAT MISSENDEN)
View of Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy
signed and dated 'William/ Callow./ 1856.' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white, and with scratching out
20 5/8 x 30 1/2 in. (52.4 x 77.5 cm.)

Decimus Burton (1800-1881).
with Frost and Reed, London.

Specialist note

This drawing was owned by Decimus Burton, the leading Victorian architect and landscaper responsible for the glasshouses at Kew Gardens, the Wellington Arch, and The Athenaeum, among other well-known buildings.