Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Dated in graphite, lower left: "Decr 1833". Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "The Luxor"; inscribed in pen in blue ink, on support matting, lower left: " D3016/ William Callow 1812-1908 | 1833 | "In December of this year [1833] the boat containing the | Luxor, having been towed from Egypt to Havre and up | the Seine to Paris, was moored close to the Place de la | Concorde, when the obelisk was handed on a staging | erected for the pourpose, to the pedestal on which it now | stands. I made a sketch of the boat containing the | obelisk on the spot. | William Callow: Autobiograph, Ch II | LGD"; inscribed in pen with blue ink, on label mounted on mount, lower right: "di[t?]: William Callow autobiograph. Ch II | Walker's Quarterly, No. 22 [?], William Callow P48."; in letter press, lower right: WILLIAM CALLOW, RWS, 1812-1878 | "The Luxor", Paris - Decr. 1833 | "I made a sketch of the boat containing | the obelisk on the spot". | FROM |WALKER'S GALLERIES LTD. | 118 NEW BOND STREET. | LONDON, W. I. | MAYfair 0722"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, centre: "French Luxor. 1833 | William Callow".
Descriptive Medium
Watercolour and graphite
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Place de la Concorde, Paris, France
Country
France
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Travel & Transport
