William Callow

OW E R G S . WILLIAM CALL ,

- AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY SIX. WILLIA M CA LLO W

A N A UT O BIO G R A P HY

ED IT ED BY

UND L A H M A L P S . C . . . . ,

L O ND O N

A DAM A ND C HA R LE S B LA C K

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DEDICATED

M Y D E AR W I FE L O UI E

DEV OTI ON A ND LOV IN G CA R E OF M E

DUR ING OUR T‘VENTY -FOUR YEA R S

O F HA PPY MA R R IED LIFE

Y PR E S .

P R E F A C E

IT was originally intended that I should assist W Mr. illiam Callow in writing his autobiography , but it was decreed otherwise .

f r Fortunately o the purpose Of this book Mr . Callow wrote minute diaries whilst on his early walking tours to the Pyrenees , in Switzerland , and

o f in Italy, and for a long period he kept notes

Of . on the principal events his life These notes,

of . l o ut account his failing sight, Mrs Ca low read

’ to him during the long winter s evenings, and owing to his wonderful memory he was enabled to recall the various episodes in his career, which

Mrs . Callow carefully wrote down as he recounted v ii viii WILLIA M CA LLOVV

them . She had barely completed her task before

Mr. Callow passed away in the early part Of the present year. All that I have done has been to put the events Of the long and eventful life Of this noted water-colour painter into a chronological and readable form , and without the very cordial assistance given to me by his widow my portion

Of the work would have been in vain . Hearty thanks are due to the various owners Of

t o his paintings , who have been so good as allow them to be reproduced fo r the purpose Of ill ustrat

- o f ing this book . The water colour painting the

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Interior Of St. Mary s Church , Richmond, York

i . shire , was k ndly lent by Miss E Ponsonby

‘ M G hee for reproduction . This lady has since presented it to the Royal Society of Painters in

- m a be Water Colours , in order that it y added to their collection of works of deceas ed members o f the Society, as a mark of her great appreciation of w the genius of William Callo . The small illustrations inserted in the text have all been selected from the large number of pencil drawings and sketch -books which were in the ’ artist s possession at the time Of his death .

U D H . M . C N ALL. Oct ber 1 08 o 9 . MONT 8T . NICK EL.

C O NT E NT S

PAGE PR EFACE

LIST OF ILLUSTR ATIONS

IN MEMOR IAM

C HAPTE R I BOYHOOD

C HAPTE R II

PA R IS

CH APTE R III

WALK ING TOUR TH R OUG H THE SOUT H OF FR ANCE

CH APTE R IV

LIFE IN PA R IS (continued)

CHAPTE R V

IN LONDON WILLIAM CALLOW

C HA PTE R VI

AT G R EAT MISSENDEN

LIST OF WATER -COLOU R PAINT ING S EX HI BITED AT THE R OYAL SOCI ETY OF PAINTER S IN WATER -COLOU R S OIL PAINTING S EXHI BI TED AT THE R OYAL ACADEMY OIL PAINTING S EXHIBIT FD AT THE BR ITISH INSTIT UTION

INDEX ST V LER . A Y EN CA UX .

L IS T OF IL L USTR ATIONS

IN COLOUR

OWNER or OR IGINAL FACING PAG E ' M s h h 1 . St . C u c R c ary r , i h

m on d Y orkshire—b f , e ore R e storation R oyal Society of Painters in Water-Colours

2 H st n s F s in -B ts . a i g , i h g oa

F P le Es E M n 1 H. . o 88 . arly or ing ( 9) o y, q

H b u 3 . E t c to the n ran e ar o r,

Gas kell Es 1 886 R o er . Dover ( ) g , q M al w t m P s 1 835 rs . C lo No re Da e, ari ( )

R u e G ss H e d la ro e orloge ,

E enb Lib Es . R u 1 8 5 . Laz ert o en ( 9 ) y y, q xii WILLIAM CALLOW

OWNER or OR IGINAL IrAOING PAGE In th e H Str t S u t 6 . igh ee , o h

m t 1 888 James S l mon Es . a p on ( ) o o , q

Wimb d n 7. le o

F s i Bo ts Off the c as t 8. i h ng a o of Fran c e Miss Han/fey

Th M t P c M in s 9. e arke la e, al e

1 884 Sir Thomas B arlow B art ( ) , . h V 1 . Ri dei Sc i i n i c 0 va avon , e e E 1 4 A C. Allan 8 . s . ( 9 ) , q

1 1 o d f m H o d e . L n on ro olly L g , Highgate ( 1 84 1 )

1 2 Entr n c to th e P t Of . a e or Havr e ( 1 898)

1 3. Th e G n d P c Bru es Vict ri a and Alb ra la e , g , o ert Market Day ( 1 891 ) M us eum

1 4 . Th e C t dr l tw a he a , A n erp ( 1 895) M iss McGhee

1 5. Ol d B d u m b E. Gu Dawb E er s . ri ge , N re erg y , q

1 6 n sb u c . F m an Oil . In r k ro

The Belfry at Bruges ( 1 882) Tours Ske—tch in Potsdam Pal ac e with ﬁgur e added by the Em press Frederick o f Germany ( 1 86 8) A Str eet in In n sb ruck Pots dam ( 1 874) D uns ter Castl e ( 1 847) LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii

IN BLACK AND WHITE

OWNER OF O R IGINAL TACING PAGE Wil m C w F I . lia allo , .

at the ag e E -Six F m of ighty . ro a

” h r Wi am Co s P otograph b y M . lli le

’ 2 C at au d AmbOis e 1 83 all w . h e ( 6) C o

T u s 1 836 3. o r ( ) E b V 4 . P d 1 840 iazza elle r e , erona ( )

5. R dei Sc ni V ni ce 1 840 iva hiavo , e ( )

6 The Fi s G e t Miss d . F m . r , r a en en ro a

P t b Mr W m Co l s ho ograph y . illia e Fa cs im ile s Of the nam es of plac e s n ear R os enau written b y Qu een Vi ctoria as b ein g suitab le for

S tc rs ll w ke hing M . Ca o Co ngratul atory A ddre s s from the R oyal Soc iety o f Pain ters in Water-Col ou rs on his att ainin g his Nin etieth Birthday

M w a Ex 9. edals a arded t hib ition s in Fran c e Cal low - 1 0. Tw t two s m l l us tr ti s en y al er Il a on , m ostly reproduc ed from Pen c il

' Drawin gs in William Callow s

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311 ab emortam

TO few it is vouchsafed the privilege of leading such a long and eventful life as that enjoyed by

William Callow . He lived in the reigns of ﬁve

Sovereigns . He commenced early in the nine teen th century, when only a boy Of eleven years of own age, to gain his livelihood by practising the rudiments Of art, and continued his artistic career uninterruptedly until well into the begin ning o f the present century. William Callow was descended from an Old

Calew e eastern counties family, originally called de ,

n 1 750 and his grandfather, John Callow, bor in , X V xv i WILLIAM CALLOW was an artist engaged in the decoration of porce at f lain the Lowesto t factory. There was about William Callow a peculiar

of l charm natura ness, which made him to be beloved even by those who were brought into

nl contact with him o y once . He was possessed of a serenely beautiful countenance and a ﬁne and imposing presence, accompanied by great courtliness Of manner . This latter quality was

n doubtless to a certain extent inbor in his nature , and it was brought to a condition almost Of perfec tion during the long period of his attachment to the Court Of King Louis Philippe and other Royal personages with whom he was brought in contact both in Paris and Potsdam. His habits of f Si li e were Of the mplest character, and in

Buckinghamshire, where for so many years he made his home, he was greatly beloved by all who knew him .

He possessed a remarkably strong physique , and during his last years it was his custom to

or walk ﬁve more miles each morning, unaided by a stick, which he vehemently rejected . Even until the very day on which he was attacked by his fatal illness he had enjoyed this daily exercise . His memory was wonderfully clear up t o the xviii WILLIAM CALLOW

n es sed . in Italy, ﬁlled him with horror He had

own an intense love for birds, and in his garden they became so accustomed to him and so tame that they would Often perch on an arm Of the chair in which he was seated . Owing to the rough cobble -stones with which the streets Of Paris were paved when William

of Callow ﬁrst resided there, he acquired a habit

on looking the ground whilst walking , in order to see where to tread . The result was that he was frequently so fortunate as to ﬁnd money and valuable articles on the ground . In Paris he once picked up a gold watch and chain for which he was never able to ﬁnd an owner, but the most important incident Of this n ature occurred about six years previous to his death . Whilst walking along the parade Of a well -known seaside resort he espied two small linen bags attached together

on e by a string . On examining the contents was found to contain a pocket-book in which were stocks and shares amounting to about three

- thousand pounds as well as several bank notes , whilst in the other was some gold coins and several valuable rings set with diamonds and other precious stones . He soon discovered the owner of the lost property ; it turned o ut to be IN MEMORIAM xix

a lady, who explained that she had tied the bags round her waist under her skirt for safety . William Callow received his earliest instruction

r in d awing from Newton and Theodore Fielding , and gained some knowledge in the application of - water colours from his friend Charles Bentley, who was a fellow-pupil with him at the Fieldings b ut Callow considered his great love for painting architectural subjects to have been acquired by his association with John Shotter Boys whil st l they were together in Paris . Ca low, like Boys, did not belong to the severe class of architectural draughtsmen who minutely depict every detail Of ornament, but street scenes , with picturesque

co m buildings and overhanging houses, usually

Of posed the chief features his compositions , in which effective disposition Of light and shade and

Of masses colour, forming harmonious contrasts , display a more conspicuous part than local exact n ess . He also acquired a taste for making water colour paintings Of shipping and seascapes . Charles Bentley became well known as a marine painter, and as he and Callow were always fast friends and made many sketching tours together, the former may very probably have inﬂuenced

” ’ ( allow s art in this direction . xx WILLIAM CALLOW

During his ﬁr st long walking tour to the Pyrenees in 1 836 Callow made many Of his

- sketches carefully in water colours, but later he chieﬂy conﬁned himself to his pencil whilst travel

a ling both abroad and in Engl nd . Besides ﬁlling numerous sketch -books he was in the habit Of making careful pencil dr awings. These he always

Of ac cum u kept, and at the time his death he had f lated many hundreds o them . It was his practice to execute all his finished paintings in his studio from these pencil drawings . He had such a wonderful memory for colour that he was enabled to depict the scenes which he had sketched years ago with only the aid Of his black and white drawings . He n ever commenced on e of his finished paint ings, not even to sketch it in with his pencil, until he saw the whole subject complete in his mind and he knew exactly the way in which he would treat it. He chiefly worked by inspiration . He was known to look through hundreds Of sketches and feel he could not do justice to any Of them . Afterwards an inspiration would suddenly come to him, and he would set to work in earnest, invariably completing the painting before commencing another m subject. He was a wonderful draughts an , and IN MEMORIAM xxi

his hand was so steady that he never required, even in his most elaborate subjects, to remove a line once he had drawn it. William Callow took up oil painting shortly 1 850 before the year , and contributed pictures to the British Institution and Royal Academy, con tin uing to do so almost annually to the former till 1 86 7 1 876 its close in , and to the latter until , when he shortly afterwards relinquished O il painting

- and conﬁned himself to water colours . With regard to his water-colour paintings it is surprising how little his style changed all through his long life . He ﬁrst learnt his broad manner Of painting in Paris seventy years ago, and the works executed during the present century have the same

- free handling of pure water colour. He strictly adhered to the early principles o f the Old Water

use - Colour Society forbidding the Of body colour.

r - He prefer ed a hard, non absorbent paper, and generally used Whatman paper, which he did not

or tone either by staining washing with any colour . There was n o preparatory work ; he commenced with whatever local tint he required . The drawing was then washed with pure water and allowed to dr y before the next tint was added, the hard edges being softened with a brush and water. xxi i WILLIAM CALLOW

His earliest paintings were exhibited in France , and he was awarded medals at Cambrai in 1 836 1 839 - - 1 837 and , at Boulogne sur Mer in , and at 1 839 1 840 Rouen in and , whilst at the Paris Salon he had the honour of receiving a gold medal in

“ - of 1 840 for a water colour painting , A View

” of Richmond , which attracted the attention the

of of Royal Family France, and was the means his ﬁrst being brought into association with them . He was the last O f the fashionable drawin g masters . Whilst he was in Paris he taught the children Of King Louis Philippe and many Of the

on his French nobility, and his taking up residence in England he continued to give lessons in drawing until a comparatively recent period to innumerable

b e pupils . Amongst them may mentioned two

of Viceroys of India, the late Earl Northbrook ff and the Marquis Of Du erin and Ava, besides many judges and military ofﬁcers . Amongst his lady students were the late Baroness Meyer de Rothschild, Lady Antony de Rothschild , and Lady Amherst of Hackney and her six daughters . William Call ow was greatly beloved by his fellow-members of the Royal Water -Colour IN MEMOR IAM xxiii

to Society, and show their great appreciation Of his loyalty to the Society they presented him with an illuminated address on the occasion of his ninetieth

of birthday, and subsequently it was the custom

Of many them to pay annual visits , both on his

’ birthday and New Year s Day, to him at his home at Great Missenden . In 1 907 he was persuaded to have an exhibition of his paintings at the Leicester Galleries . It proved to be a great success, and William Callow received many hundreds of letters Of congratulations both from friends and strangers in all parts of the

r e count y. He himself visit d the Exhibition on the

26 th O f October that year, which proved to be the last visit he ever made to London or elsewhere . Early in the present year he was attacked with inﬂuenza, succeeded by bronchitis, from which he 20th e never recovered, and died on February, at Gr at had Missenden, where he resided for more than ﬁfty years , and where he was greatly beloved and revered . His nobility of character and charming personality endeared him to all who had the privilege Of knowing him . Of his private generosity none will

to ever know, but he was generous a fault, especially in cases Of suffering. He was buried in Great

Missenden Churchyard , and the funeral service was WILLIAM CALLOW

- attended by the President, Vice President, and many other of his fellow-members Of the Royal

- Water Colour Society, as well as by numerous residents anxious to pay a last token Of respect to

“ ” the grand Old man, as they loved to call him .

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sisters and my brother John, who was ten years my j unior, all have predeceased me. When I was

on e wh o only year Old my father, was at the time employed at Greenwich, received an appointment as manager Of works for alterations and improve ments in the barracks at Norman Cross on the t Great Nor h Road near Stilton, where the French prison ers were conﬁned during the Napoleonic wars . Here, I was told, prisoners used to nurse and make much Of me ; it was a strange co incidence that I should become in later life so intimately associated with France and her country

in 1 81 5 men . After peace was proclaimed , my

’ b e father s appointment terminated, and with his family returned to Greenwich . During our residence there the allied sovereigns of Europe met in Greenwich Park and I was taken to see them , but I have no recollection Of the event. My earliest reminiscences were travelling in the basket Of a “ coach and being put down at the

Ship Inn at Charing Cross, when my parents came to London and permanently settled there. I well remember, when eight years of age, being taken to see the funeral procession Of Queen Caroline, the wife Of King George IV the cortege was obliged to pass along Tottenham Court Road BOY HOOD 3

Of Ne w instead the Road , owing to the latter route being blocked by the authorities . Of my school U days I have but a dim recollection . nlike most boys I was more disposed towards quiet reading or drawing than boisterous games ; in fact, I

or never saw cricket, football any other game

o played at that period f my life. A love for a drawing rapidly developed at this e rly age, and I eagerly drew everything which attracted my attention ; my father wisely encouraged it by pro vidin g me with prints to copy. In 1 823 an event occurred which was destined to

u . decide my fut re career. Mr Theodore Fielding ,

of an elder brother Copley Fielding, required a boy to assist him in colouring prints and in

in engraving aquatint. My father applied for the position for me and I was ultimately engaged . I 26 commenced work at Newman Street, Oxford

8 A . M . 6 R M . Street , and my hours were from till

r At ﬁ st I found the time terribly long, and the

’ ’ l to postman s be l at ﬁve o clock, when he came collect the letters, was always a welcome signal

’ that a day s work was nearing its close. In those days the postage fee was paid to the post man , or, as more often was the case, letters were despatched unpaid . I was occupied in this posi 4 WILLIAM CALLOW

S tion for two years, and my evenings were pent in receiving lessons from a schoolmaster near o u r home in Camden Town , whilst my spare moments w ere devoted to drawing. It was during the time I was in Newman Street that I ﬁrst saw the

- beautiful water colour drawings Of Copley Fielding,

d he who forwar ed them from Brighton , where

the - lived, to be despatched to Old Water Colour

Society. Mr. Copley Fielding gave me a ticket for the Exhibition , and it was a proud day for me when I went to see Fielding ’s works hung on Of the walls with those John Varley, Samuel

Prout, Peter De Wint, David Cox and others, little thinking that my o wn productions would ever occupy a similar position. In 1 825 Theodore Fielding removed to Kentish

for Town, and I was articled to him as a pupil eight years for instruction in water-colour drawing and aquatint engraving. At that period it was all Open ﬁelds between Camden Town and Kentish

Town, and as I returned home in the evening the watchman from his box used to bid me good -night w as I passed . There ere two other pupils, Charles

Bentley and John Edge. This was a very happy d period of my life . These pupils both assiste me in acquiring the methods employed for my BOY HOOD 5

TO o we en cour work . the former I much , as he

r aged me to paint ; in fact, he gave me my ﬁ st

painting lesson, and assisted me in every way to

bring out my natural talents . 1 827 In Theodore Fielding, having some time previously been appointed Professor at Addis

combe College, found it necessary to remove to

Croydon to be near to his work , and Bentley and a Edge, having ﬁnished their time, left to st rt life

on o wn their account. I was no longer required , f and returned to the O ﬁce at Newman Street,

which was then being managed by another brother,

Thales Fielding . Here I continued engraving, but all my Spare moments at home were occupied at

- water colour painting, rising early and working late

S in order to do so . I used to how my drawings to

Copley Fielding, who gave me great encourage ment and kind advice . At last when I had seven

ﬁnished drawings I determined to try and sell them .

’ I set Off to a dealer s at the bottom Of Holborn

Hill , considering all the way how much I should ask for them, and thinking how rich I should be on o n my return . I felt rather nervous entering

shO the p, but on showing the drawings to the

. on e dealer he agreed to my price, viz guinea for

lot the . He would not, however, give me any 6 WILLIAM CALLOW

ff money, but O ered painting materials in exchange, i which I took, being del ghted at having, as I thought, made such a good bargain . In 1 829 m y father was Superintending some repairs at Windsor Castle for King George IV. , which gave me an Opportunity Of seeing all over it .

I was delighted with everything I saw, and made a few small sketches there . Early in the same year I visited Theodore Fielding at his residence in Combe Lane, Croydon , to assist him in some work . At that time, previous to the advent Of w w the rail ay, Croydon was quite a country to n, and the passing through o f the Brighton fast coach was the chief event of the day. This was my ﬁrst visit to the country, and I vividly remember the strolls along the quiet lanes where the nightingales sang, the lovely walks across the ﬁelds to Combe

o n l Hurst, not then enclosed, and sitting the hi l to watch the sun go down, sometimes sketching, f but always with a feeling O peaceful enj oyment.

I was enraptured , for I had never known before i what it was to enjoy real country l fe. I returned

25th n ow to London on the June, and an event

- occurred which was the turning point in my life .

n In the followi g month , before I had completed

O sterv ald my seventeenth year, Mr. , a Swiss, called BOY HOOD 7 on b e Mr. Thales Fielding, and stated that required some one to go to Paris to assist him in making

for . engravings a work on Switzerland Mr.

u Fielding asked me whether I wo ld like to go . TO this p roposal I at once consented without hesitation , and promised to be ready within a week . On reaching home in the evening my parents were much surprised to hear the news , but nevertheless everything was made ready so that I was able to start at the appointed time .

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’ days style, and after travelling all night it reached

’ Canterbury at six O clock the next morning, when I was put inside the coach by the guard , and slept soundly until I was awoke by the blowing Of the b orn as the coach entered D over, and on looking out Of the window beheld the sea for the ﬁrst time. I went to see Mr. Thales Fielding, who was staying at Dover, and after having partaken Of a good breakfast I proceeded on board the

o ld steamer, lying in the harbour near the jetty, which still exists . Although delighted at being o n the sea, I was so tired that I fell asleep almost immediately after the steamer started, and did not wake up until three hours afterwards, j ust as the steamer was entering Calais harbour. Some friendly passengers assisted me in . securing a seat,

ﬁrst on the English coach to Boulogne, and after

Ou wards the French diligence, which reached

- Paris in forty eight hours . On descending from the diligence I hired a porter to carry my baggage

’

. O sterv ald s of to Mr , to whom I had a letter

on introduction, but arrival at his house I found that he was away from Paris ; s o with the help of my written phrases I explained to the servant that I would leave my luggage and call again the next morning. I then retraced my steps t o

PARIS 1 1 the diligence Ofﬁ ce in order to ﬁnd out where

HOtel ft Dauphin was situated, but a er trying in vain to understand the words, gestures and signs

to as the route, I hired a cabriolet, in which the passenger sat beside the driver, it being the only vehicle on hire in the streets Of Paris in those days . On arrival at the hotel I paid the driver by holding out a handful Of silver that he might take his fare. Whether he cheated me I never knew. I had only been in Paris three days when I was asked if I could lend some money for a short

- . ﬁ v e time I only possessed a pound note, which my father had given me ; this I lent, but never

r saw it again . Consequently I can t uly say l that I started life in Paris penni ess . The next morning I traced my way across Paris again to O t ’ s erv ald s . Mr . house, and found him at home He had arranged that I should reside with a Swiss family, but Newton Fielding, whom I subsequently met, persuaded me to share his studio in Rue St.

Georges, as it was more convenient for my work .

- I was chieﬂy occupied in water colour painting, and it is from this time that I date my ﬁrst pro gress , learning all I could by watching Fielding whilst he was at work . I also assisted him in engraving. As we lived near to Montmartre we 1 2 IV’ ILLIAM CALLOW frequently walked there to enj oy the extensive

o f . view the country towards St . Denis — — In the next year 1 830 we left Rue St. Georges and went to reside in Rue St . Honoré . Here we were engaged in making drawings on lithographic stones, and I employed my leisure time in learning the French language. I soon acquired , by going

n ot to the theatre as Often as possible, the habit only Of speaking ﬂuently but also Of thinking in

on e French , and later I translated Of Sir Walter

’ Scott s novels . On the evening of the 26 th July we were

VendOm e suddenly startled by an uproar in Place , and on Fielding and myself rushing into the street to ascertain the cause, we found an excited mob crying out A bas Charles X . The mob pro c eeded down Rue St. Honoré, breaking all the lamps which were hung by cords across the street, and also many Of those in front Of the shops and

’ cafes at which the shutters had not been closed in time . The streets were quickly deserted by the

Of respectable part the population, and the entire city was in the hands Of the Revolutionists . On the following day the Revolution commenced in earnest ; barricades were erected in the streets by the mob, and the soldiers ﬁred upon the people.

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Elysees, where we found a restaurant open . On entering we ascertained that we could have a “ t ” bif eck aux pommes, and were anticipating the pleasure of a good meal when the tramp Of

soldiers was heard arriving from Rambouillet. We were hurriedly turned out Of the restaurant and

“ the doors closed with Allez-vous -eu avec votre

” n bifteck aux pommes . Hu gry, tired, and dis

n o ur our appointed, we we ded way back to rooms and made a frugal repast with the last Of our bread and currants . Next morning (3l st July) we again sallied forth in search Of food , when we found everything

X . changed . Charles had ﬂed , the troops had been driven out, the populace had taken possession

Of the city, and there were rejoicings everywhere.

The national guard was called out, and our tri colour cockades were more than e ver required to

ou r ensure safety. The weather was extremely a hot, the streets were still b rricaded, and not a vehicle was to be seen ; and the mob, which had returned from pursuing the soldiers , were dressed in uniforms, helmets , etc . , taken from the killed — and wounded a sight it was impossible ever to

In the afternoon I went to the Palais Royal ; PARIS 1 5

f there on the balcony, with his family and O ﬁcers,

’ stood the D u e d O rl ean s addressing the people

- below, and accepting the Lieutenant Generalship

r Of the Kingdom . Printed papers were th own down amongst the crowd , and I managed to

of l secure one them, which I sti l retain as a a memento Of these exciting times . It re ds as follows HA BITANS DE PA R IS

L es u s de la Fran c en cc mom n u n is a aris Dép té e , e t ré P , ’ m on t exprimé le désir que j e m e r en diss e dan s cette capital e pour y exercer les fon ction s de Lie uten an t-Gen eral du a R oy u me . ’ Je n ai as a anc a v n ir a a r v os an rs a me p b l é e p rt ge d ge ,

’ ac r au mi i u o r héro i u e o u ation et a fair pl e l e de v t e q p p l , e tous m es effo rts po ur v ous préser ver des calamités de la ’ r civ i et l an archi gu e re le de e . En r n ran an s la v i le de aris e or ais a c or u i e t t d l P , j p t ve g e l ’ ces cou l ur s ori us s ue v ou s av z r ri s s et u e avais e gl e e q e ep e , q j i- m m s o s mo me e l on gte p p rtée . Les chambr e s v on t se réun ir ; elles avis eront aux moyen s ’ d assurer le re n e des l ois et le main i n des roi s la n a ion g , t e d t de t . ormais un e v i La Charte sera dés ér té . ’ O U PPE D R E L IS PH ILI O L A NS. It was now plainly evident to Fielding and myself that, owing to the unsettled state Of Paris, nothing

d for coul be done professionally some time, and it

for was useless us to remain there, so we decided to return to England . 1 6 WILLIAM CALLOW

3 l st On the July, having hastily packed a few

Off things which we could carry, we set on foot, for, owing to the barricades , it was impossible to take a vehicle, to St. Denis, where we took the diligence

an d on our to Rouen , arrival there in the morning we were able to inform a detachment Of the Garde

Nationale, which was just leaving for Paris, that the Revolution was at an end . In the afternoon we secured seats on an English coach which was leaving for Dieppe, and we thus passed a second night in travelling. On arrival at Dieppe we were fortunate to ﬁnd a steamer on the point of starting, and had j ust time to get on board . After a rough crossing we found ourselves at midnight Off

Brighton , but the sea was so rough that it was

to d impossible for us lan , although we were close

- enough to the chain pier for the captain to impart, by aid Of a speaking trumpet, to those on the pier

in the news that order was restored Paris . We eventually succeeded in landing at Shoreham , and

cab took a back to Brighton, arriving at the Old

’ Ship Hotel at o n e O clock in the morning. After an excellent supper I went to bed to enjoy a much

d o f nee ed rest, and with an intense feeling pleasure at being back in England after an absence of twelve months . The next morning we took the coach to

N TR E D M E PAR O A , IS

(8126 93 x 6 } i n ches )

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’ o n women s backs to dry land . How well I

e remember the woman who carri d me saying,

“ as Tenez ferme, and bidding me cl p her tightly

round the neck. The j ourney by diligence to Paris

- again took forty eight hours , including the stoppages

en r ou for e te r st and refreshments . It was the last occasion on which this part Of the j ourn ey too k me

o r ft so long, as in a year two a erwards, with much

- pressure, it was reduced to twenty four hours. I took up my Old quarters with Newton Fielding in

Rue St. Honoré ; later we lived in various other

in . parts Of Paris, and ﬁnally settled Rue Neuve St a Georges. Shortly afterwards I bec me associated with Thomas Shotter Boys, the clever but eccentric artist, who had recently arrived from Brussels . In later years I have seen it stated that Boys was

of i a pupil Bon ngton, but if that had been the

Of case I certainly should have known it. Boys n ever spoke to me Of having other than a mere a u cquaintanceshi p with Bonington . Boys sed frequently to ramble abo ut the ancient part Of the c Of Of old l ité Paris in search bui dings to sketch .

e I Often accompanied him, and was encourag d by hi m . also to make sketches In fact, I learnt a great

of of deal the theory and practice art from Boys , and it was from him I ﬁrst acquired my l ov e for PARIS 1 9 making water-colour drawings Of picturesque Old churches and houses, for which subjects I have had l a partia ity ever since . I may mention that Paris was then as it had been for centuries . The streets , which were lighted by Oil lanterns suspended down

- the middle by cords, were laid with cobble stones with gutters running down the centre, and without any side pavements ; there was no sanitation, and whenever there was a storm the streets were

flooded . The Tuileries were unfinished, and the whole Of the Place de Carrousel was filled with

of X . houses, the stables King Charles , and book stalls ; the churches, which had been damaged R during the evolution, were unrestored, and the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elysees were

co m almost a desert, whilst the Arc de Triomphe,

m en c ed I. by Napoleon , was still surrounded with

ff . S of sca olding In pite all these detriments Paris, with its boulevards, was then more picturesque than it is at the present time . The immense alterations and improvements which were com m enced o n by Louis Philippe, and carried by ff Napoleon I II . , render it di icult for me now to recognise many of the old quarters which I knew then so well . Baron Triqueti lived in the same house in which I 20 WILLIAM CALLOW

e resided . Once a week he us d to invite his friends ,

u including myself, to meet at his st dio in the even

or ings, when we sketched armour any other Objects

which he had previously arranged . At a later period he became celebrated for designing and casting the bronze gates of the Madeleine ; he was also commissioned by Queen Victoria to execute some decorative work in the Memorial Chapel at

Tri u eti Windsor . q married the youngest daughter

Of Mrs . Foster, a widow Of a chaplain to the British

Embassy, and Mr. Ambrose Poynter, father of the

of President the Royal Academy, married the

eldest daughter. Mrs . Foster held weekly recep

tions at her house, to which I was frequently invited,

and there I Often met people from England. I

continued to make drawings for Newton Fielding, which he used to touch up and add a duck or some

Object, and eventually they became known as

- Callow Fielding drawings . We were very badly Off

at this period , as there was little or no sale for works

Of u art besides, Fielding was very unwell and nable

O to do much painting. T show to what straits

we were put, I will mention an incident which

happened . Fielding and I went to dine at a

- . ﬁ v e restaurant My dinner cost twenty sous, but Fielding could only muster up ﬁfteen s on s to lend PARIS 21

me after paying for hi s own . As a last resource I took two or three drawings to a dealer and tried l to se l them to him, but I was not successful ; and

t o o I was returning my l dgings , very depressed , when my eyes lighted upon a piece Of sil ver

i in V en dOm e ly ng on the ground Place , and it

- proved to be a ten sous piece, just the sum required to make up the necessary amount for my dinner. 1 832 In the next year, , thanks to Boys , I became more diligent in making sketches both in pencil and water colours, and many a happy day I spent in making short excursions to Versailles, St . Cloud, and Montmartre . I also made some large sketches from the bridges in Paris for Boys, for which he, knowing my fondness for reading, paid me in books In the early part of the year 1 833 Newton Field ing married and returned to England . I went to iml reside with my Swiss friend H ey, an engraver, who provided me with copper plates to engrave ; and it was at his ins tigation that I put my ﬁrst

of savings twenty francs into a Bank, which eventually proved to be a good beginning for me .

n ot r I did eside long with Himley, as in the month Of May I left him and took an atelier with 22 WILLIAM CALLOW

T. S . Boys in Rue de Bouloy. Whilst there I was introduced to Samuel Prout, who called on one occasion to see Boys . My affairs now took a more prosperous turn, and by working early and late I was enabled to save sufﬁcient money to take a trip to England ; even during this holiday I was

of not idle, for I made a sketch Pall Mall and others at Richmond for Boys . During my stay in London I called upon i George Cooke, the line engraver, who was l ving

e f . at Barn s Terrace, to deliver a present rom Boys He received me very kindly and asked me to stay to dinner, when I met his son , E . W . Cooke, the marine painter ; he was then engaged upon his etchings Of London Bridge, and was j ust coming

an d into notice . We exchanged some drawings , his father made me a present Of several India-proof impressions from his Turner plates, a valuable gift which gave me great pleasure . Boys had also commissioned me to convey a present of a Turkish sword to John Constable, the Royal Academician, and I felt much gratiﬁed in meeting him . It proved to be the only time I saw Constable, as he died before I came to E ngland again.

O n my return to Paris I accompanied a Mr.

S chw eit er on V an derm ere a visit to a Mr. , who lived

O HAST NGS F S H NG OATS EA R L‘ I I I B , Y

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at Royaumont, about ten leagues from Paris . We made part of the journey on foot in order to do some sketching. We were well received by the

Van derm eres a , and st yed with them some days , making numerous water-colour sketches of very

of of interesting ruins an old abbey, and also the beautiful park with an ornamental piece of water. The adjoining mansion was inhabited by the

B ellisin Marquis de , who invited us to make day excursions with him in the neighbourhood and to dinner in the evenings, with music and dancing afterwards . Altogether this was a most enjoyable visit. In December of this year the boat containing the Luxor, having been towed from Egypt to

v Ha re and up the Seine to Paris , was moored close to the Place de la Concorde, when the obelisk was hauled on a staging, erected for the purpose, to the pedestal on which it now stands . I made a Sketch of the boat containing the obelisk

S on the pot. In 1 834 Boys gave up his atelier in Rue de

o n Bouloy, and I took it by myself, and remained l t there until I ﬁna ly lef Paris . About this time I had made quite a reputation for putting effects

’ into other artists works , chieﬂy on wood blocks 24 WILLIAM CA LLOW

and drawings for engravings . Two important instances I can remember ; on e was an extensive publication on North America, carried out by a

German prince, assisted by Bodmer, a German artist ; the other was a grand work on Versailles, containing a collection of engravings after the paintings there. Having now a studio to myself,

I started a drawing class , and many of my pupils

of i were members the old French nobil ty, including the Comte de Faucigny, Viscomte de Rouget, his cousin, Comte de Nicolai, and many others . I recollect exchanging several of my drawings and sketches with Comte de Faucigny for a beautiful

X IV M adam oiselle Louis . clock , and others with a

audet old N for pistols, swords, and other curiosities which helped to furnish my atelier. In this year I exhibited at the Salon a large

“ - u of water colo r drawing A View from Richmond, composed from a sketch done when I was last in

England . It attracted considerable attention, as the art of water-colour painting was practically unknown in Paris at the time. Shortly after

of the opening the exhibition, much to my

on surprise, I received a visit to my studio, the

' ’ sixzéme eta e g , from an equerry of King Louis

Philippe, to inquire whether I was willing to PARIS 25

’ a te ch drawing and painting to the King s son , the

D ue . de Nemours Of course I readily consented , and felt very proud at having been selected for the honour. I gave the ﬁrst lesson to the Prince h 1 834 8 A . M . o n 1 2t at the March , at the Tuileries . On my ﬁrst introduction to Royalty I was very l nervous, especial y as I spoke French imperfectly, but his Royal Highness quickly put me at my d ease, and all my feelings of nervousness vanishe . Shortly afterwards the Duc informed me that his

’ P Clemen tine d Orlean s com sister, the rincesse , man ded my presence, when I learned that she also

- wished to receive lessons in water colour painting . The room in which I gave lessons to the Duc

on on was the ﬁrst ﬂoor, with windows looking to the Tuileries gardens . Occasionally the governor

’ of the Tuileries or some of the Duc s personal friends would come and chat on all kinds of subjects quite freely before me . The Princess took her lessons in a room on the ground ﬂoor, overlooking the Place de Carrousel . We used

o f a -in - to sit at one the windows, the l dy waiting,

A n el e . Madame g y, always being present I gave lessons to the Princess twice a week nearly all

or . the year round , but in summer at Neuilly St

’ Cloud , and always at eight o clock in the morning. 26 WILLIAM CA LLOW

We sketched from a tent at Neuilly, and it was there I ﬁrst had the honour of being introduced to the Queen ; her Majesty came to see the pro gress made by the Princess, who was most con

n stant in her attendance, and seldom missed a lesso

u during the seven years I taught her ; in fact, ntil

I left Paris . On leaving, after each lesson , I was given an order for twenty francs from M adame

A n ele g y, and when these orders reached twenty,

I presented them at the Bank, and received the

- . ﬁ v e money, viz four hundred francs in franc pieces, which I carried away in a bag. I also gave some lessons to the Prince de Joinville. I cannot speak too highly in praise o f this charm w ing family ; they were al ays amiable, kind , and studying t o do whatever they thought would give me pleasure. These were amongst my happiest days in France.

My drawings now commanded a ready sale, and I had no difﬁculty in disposing of them to the dealers . I received forty francs for a drawing w of a canal near Croydon, hich was a good price for me at that time.

During this year John Lewis, the distinguished

- member of the Old Water Colour Society, called at my atelier, on his way from Spain back to

R UE DE A G R SSE H R LOGE R O UEN L O O ,

h (Su e 25} x 1 81; m c es

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. o f s . England , to see T . S Boys, who cour e had left

“ - on So you are a water colour painter, he said i exam ning my works . He expressed himself so pleased with them that he advised me to send some to the Old Water-Colour Society with an

e n ot application to b come an Associate, but, think

he r ing that was in ea nest, I did not follow his advice at the moment. He remained for some i time in Par s, in the Rue de Richelieu, working

o indefatigably n his Spanish paintings . On several occasions I posed for him as a model, once for my

o o f ear, and on another ccasion wearing a cap

Z um alcarre ui i C f a . q , a Span sh hie t in During this period the French school of oil

was i painting very prol ﬁc in artists , such as

Ingres, Horace Vernet, De la Roche, De la f Croix, Descamps, Gudin, Isabey, and Schef er, all producing ﬁne works , which were shown at the Salon Exhibitions . I used to go to the private views , which were attended by all the fashionable people in Paris. Later, many of the painters j ust mentioned were engaged to carry o ut an idea of Louis Philippe to have pictures representing “ toutes les gloires de la France l painted to ﬁll the ga leries at Versailles . Almost any painter could on application obtain a com 28 WILLIAM CA LLOW

on e mission for the work . On occasion my friend

S chw eit r M . e was commissioned to paint the portrait of a general ; he had nothing to guide

m of . him but the ilitary dress the period In fact, this was the case with most of the portraits which were painted, as the King was imperious in having

o ut his idea carried as rapidly as possible .

1 835 r In May I made my ﬁ st walking tour,

old - and was accompanied by my fellow pupil ,

J L arb arlestier John Edge, and a ersey man named , who had come to Paris to assist in engraving for a work which was being produced . We ﬁrst took i the d ligence to Rouen , thence we walked beside the Seine to Jumieges , where there is a most

of interesting ruin an abbey, situated beside the l river. The next day we fol owed the right bank of uill eb oeuf the Seine to Q , but before reaching there we had to cross in a ferry boat over the

e river where it is very broad, and, b ing at low

of - tide, there was a great extent mud bank,

o u r d which prevented boat approaching the lan , so the ferryman had to carry each of us ashore,

our complaining at weight, as well he might,

r with o u knapsacks included . We proceeded to

Hon ﬂeur on , where we made some sketches, and the next day crossed over to Havre . Here PARIS 29

L arb arl estier t l lef us , and Edge and myse f took the steamer to Southampton . After touring on foot round the Isle of Wight we went to Ports

to mouth , and walked Winchester, making a large

of on number sketches the way, and ﬁnally took the coach to London . This tour proved to be a very pleasant one, and in this manner I was enabled t o make sketches of many interesting f places unfrequented by travellers . I a terwards

on t went a visit to some relatives at Lowestof , my

’ father s birthplace, and on returning to London I J at once proceeded back to Paris with ohn Edge, taking with me my brother John , who was then a a lad of thirteen ye rs of age. In this year I was offered an appointment as

r a tist to a scientiﬁc expedition round the world , but being too much occupied in teaching and making a series of drawings on deep -sea ﬁshing for my Swiss friend Himley, I declined the post. My object in bringing my brother with me to

Paris was to try and induce him to become an artist, a although he had no ambition to t ke up art. He wished to be a sailor, but by degrees I persuaded him to go to the Louvr e and copy the paintings there . After a time he took great interest in his work and made many excellent copies of the old 30 WILLIAM CALLOW

e masters . I also us d to study at the Louvre

S whenever I could pare the time, and made

of numerous copies the paintings by Rubens ,

Ostade Titian, , Salvator Rosa, and many others .

They are still in my possession .

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R COUR T AI .

C H AP T E R II I

A ‘VA L K ING TOU R T H R OUGH T HE SOUT H OF F R A NCE

IN 1 836 f the year , a ter sending to an Exhibition at Cambrai a water-colour painting for which I

r was awa ded a silver medal , I determined to make

of a walking tour through the south France, leaving Jack Edge and my brother to carry on the work in my atelier. The following account of this tour is extracted from a diary which I kept at the time — J u ne 6 . VVe i. e. , myself, a German friend 31 32 WILLIA M CALLOW

Soherr do named , and his g, left Paris by diligence

’ at eight o clock in the evening for Chartres, and

u the weather being ﬁne, we had a pleasant jo rney.

J n - of u e 7. A ﬁne view the town with the cathedral on a hill as we approached Char tr es at i ’ S x o clock in the morning. A man on the diligence recommended us to some lodgings, which turned

’ out to be a shoemaker s . We could not see the interior of the cathedral as the roof had u n fortunately been burnt three days previously, so

of . visited the churches St Pierre and St . André, W here we found a great many curious monuments .

’ J u n — e 8. A t eleven o clock we started off with

B on n eval our knapsacks and walked to , a distance l of lea ues seven g ﬂ arriving there in the evening, very tired and weary, as we were not accustomed to long walks . After dinner we visited the fourteenth century church ; we were obliged to go there in our slippers as we were so footsore .

J u - n e 9. After breakfast I made some sketches

S oherr whilst , who was an architect, took some

o f measurements the church . We then started

Chdteau du n for , reaching that place at ﬁve

’

. old o clock We visited the chateau , sur

a of mounted by ﬁne tower the sixteenth century.

1 1 u " 2 mi s 743 s leag e le , yard . A WALKING TOUR 33

off In the evening we started again , and slept in

on an auberge the roadside .

J u n l o — f - e . A ter starting at half past seven in the morning we reached a village, where we had f break ast, and, as the weather was so warm , we

s l ou r re ted here ti l the evening , when we continued

k Or leans . wal to , where we arrived in the dark

’ d O r We tried to put up at the Hotel de la Boule ,

o n but because we were wearing blouses , account of the dust, they refused to admit us , so we went to F the Hotel de rance, where we fortunately ran across an English friend , named Talbot, who had previously arranged to meet us at Orleans and accompany us on the tour .

J u ne 1 1 t . Visi ed the cathedral, built by

of Henri I V. , and made sketches the river Loire, h which , with its ﬁne bridge and boats wit large white sails, was very picturesque. — J n 2 A . M u e 1 . Quitted Orleans at . and

l M eun walked beside the Loire to the vi lage of g , where we breakfasted ; afterwards Talbot and I d smoked and reste outside the auberge , whilst

S oher a of r m de some measurements the church .

- on I had placed a wine glass the ground , and an f old woman accidentally broke it. The daughter o the house thereupon roundly abus ed her and made 34 WILLIAM CA LLOW

al l e of f n of her cry, b cause a tri li g damage two sous, t which I paid. Af erwards we visited the church , and found it to be nothing remarkable ; but this was the way with S oherr all the time we were together ; he made drawings of the worst and left the best. In the afternoon we continued beside

B eau en the Loire to g cy . Passing through a village we saw a procession carrying the Host, it being a fete day ; the villagers had hung up sheets against the walls for the want of tapestry . I did not expect to see so much religious devotion so near

of Paris . The pretty town Beaugency was also en éte f ; we arrived too late to see the procession , but the sides of the hou ses were still covered with toil e and the streets strewn with ﬂowers. In the

old evening we went on the ﬁne bridge, with

-ﬁv e twenty arches over the river, and saw a e ff b autiful sunset e ect, but it was too dark to sketch it — J u n 1 3 6 A M . e . Arose at . to make a sketch from the river ; afterwards set off along a road

u beside the Loire, which is here very beautif l , to

S t. L au r en t , where we breakfasted, and then we

Chateau de C/zambord went on to the , belonging to

D ue the de Bordeaux . J — u n e 1 4 . Got up early and visited the chateau ,

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- n ow last named village, the country becoming more fertile and rich , and arrived , by a beautiful

’ M n trz /zar on o c d . road , at , the river Cher A steep

o n ascent leads up to the village, with houses built

on of rocks either side of the road , and the ruins a ld ﬁne o castle at the summit . We spent a quiet evening on the banks of the river, a lovely spot . — J u 1 . I ne 6 5 A M . was up at . , and made four sketches before breakfast. Afterwards we walked

’ Clzé n onceaua' o u r to , where, leaving knapsacks at an auberge, we went to see the chateau , which still

o ld contains the ﬁne furniture o f Francois I . and

of Henri II , who lived here, including the beds

Diane de Poitiers and of Catherine de Medicis .

off A mboise We then set to , arriving there in time for dinner. In the evening we visited the chateau , belonging to Louis Philippe ; the house , being late

n ot Gothic, is remarkable for its architecture , but there is a very pretty garden . J — un e l 7. 5 A M . Arose again at . , and made

S a few ketches , but was very disappointed with

. off an d Amboise We set for Tours , ten minutes after we had started it began to rain hard . As it seemed to be set in for a wet day, we plodded o n through it for four leagues , and became soaked

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S to the kin . Fortunately the sun came o ut and

Vou vr a dried us by the time we reached y, where we stopped to have some refreshments . On reaching

Tours we went to the Hotel de France. I was not impressed with the town, and the cathedral has nothing very remarkable, excepting some ﬁne - stained glass windows . — J u ne 1 8. Did a little sketching, but could ﬁnd nothing very interesting. We were detained at

Tours for our washing till seven in the evening.

L u nes Blew up the washerwoman and left for y ;

n t where did o arrive until it was quite dark .

J - U 5 A . M un e 1 9. . p at , and ready to start, but

’ S oherr kept us waiting until eight o clock whilst he f was writing a letter . This was the ﬁrst little ri t in the lute , which ultimately caused our parting com

. off L an eais pany We eventually set for g , and met a large number of country people going to market at Luynes ; the men all wore large black hats and f many of the girls were very pretty. A ter passing

o n to Soherr Langeais the way Bourgueil , said he would take another road because we would not agree to go with him to Angers ; so we went to an auberge to settle the matter over a bottle o f wine, and we persuaded him that it was just as near

o ff to go to Bourgueil and then to turn to Angers . 38 WILLIAM C ALLOW We were caught in several showers before reaching

B ou r ueil . g , where we stayed the night

— - J u n 0 6 A . M . S oherr e 2 . Bid good bye at to ,

off who turned to go to Candes, whilst Talbot and I

o n S au mu r kept the direct road to , where we arrived very hungry. There is nothing like a ﬁve leagues ’ walk to give one an appetite for break

t o fast. Went the castle and had a ﬁne view of the Loire and the country around ; later to the Druidical remains ; nothing remarkable except for

So herr the size of the stones . In the evening arrived at our hotel .

J —O n un e 2l . the previous evening we had half

’ prom ised the maitr e d hdtel to go with him to

- Candes , and we were called at half past three in the morning, but made various excuses and let him

- . So herr go alone After again bidding good bye to ,

o ff o ff who started to Angers , Talbot and I set

’ Can des our maztr e along a pretty road to , meeting on his way back . The church at Candes is very beautiful . We continued on our journey to

F on tevrau lt , where there is a large prison capable of holding ﬁfteen hundred prisoners and an old

of 1 2 church the th century . We obtained permis sion to see the interior of the latter, in which are

e - - the tombs of Henry II . and Richard Co ur de Lion A WALKING TOUR 39 of England , with recumbent ﬁgures in sandstone .

t L ou du n Af er resting we proceeded to , a curious old town which had formerly been fortiﬁed ; a f o . Roman tower, one seven , still exists The town stands on a height in the centre of a large plain

h n o wit village near it. It can be seen for a great distance, and when we were at Fontevrault, ﬁve w leagues away, the to n appeared to be quite close . — J u ne 22. Left next morning for Mirebeau, and on passing through a small village we heard several voices from an auberge calling upon us to stop . We discovered that these were three young con scripts going to join their regiments at Poitiers and that they wished to accompany us on the road ; they were surrounded by about twenty o f their

r friends , and there was a good deal of d inking

n tr in uer going o . We were obliged to q some very

all en bad wine with them , including a dragoon

’ “ con e - g , who said to the conscripts souvenez vous

$ 7

. t que vous etes toujours francais Eventually, af er

l o f - a great dea leave taking, the three conscripts

off . set with us We walked two leagues , thinking all the way how we could get rid of our friends when we reached an auberge . Having treated them to some wine, we told them we were going i d to rema n for some time, at which they seeme very 40 WILLIAM CA LLOW sorry and insisted on our having some -p etits ver r es

f on e of with them ; they then le t, but , the best the lot, stayed behind for a few seconds and asked per

il était Si triste " mission to embrace us , so we could ff not Later two carters o ered us a lift . which we gladly accepted, though the seats were

t . not very sof , as the cart was laden with casks We

M irebeau passed by , not entering into the town, which is surrounded with walls and towers , and

twol Eta les went cagues farther to p , where we put up at an inn . After having some dinner we took a walk in the neighbourhood, and, on returning to the

o ur inn, we were greatly surprised to ﬁnd that three conscripts had j ust arrived with numerous others, all

o ut as very hot and tired . They suggested that , we were all going in the same direction the next morn

for . ing, we should start together Poitiers When we retired to rest we were greatly annoyed to find fil a room with five beds , four of which were led with conscripts , the remaining one being left for us .

As there was no help for it, we made ourselves as comfortable as we could .

J un 3 — e 2 . The next morning we were awakened

n by the conscripts dressi g , but we lay quite quiet i until they had all gone downsta rs , deciding to remain in bed until they had started, and it was

42 WILLIAM C A LLOW

r n r was a veritable g og eu . Nevertheless we went to his cabin and had some wine with him . After t bidding him adieu we continued on our road , get ing sleepy and very cold near sunrise about a hundred conscripts passed us . At last we reached M am ie

’ at ﬁve o clock in the morning, very tired indeed , having walked seven leagues during the day and ten at night. We went to a café to have some hot ff co ee and milk, and whilst it was being prepared we both fell asleep .

— u J u n e 26 . Woke up after an hour and had o r

ff o ff e co ee, then set for Angoul me , seven leagues farther. As we became very footsore , we stopped

9 A . M . R M . at a village from till Eventually,

A n ou léme after mounting a steep hill , we arrived at g and put up at the Hotel Périgueux. After dinner we turned into bed . What enjoyment " What happiness — J u n e 27. Got up for breakfast, but slept nearly

of the whole the day. In the evening we went o n the ramparts , which surround the town ; saw a lovely sunset and the full moon rise . In the interesting old town are some towers remaining of

old t an castle, and the ancien cathedral has some curious sculptures on the exterior. The country around is rich but ﬂat, and the river Charente winds A WALKING TOUR 43

prettily through the plain . Here we ﬁrst saw oxen used in place of horses for drawing carts . — J un e 28. The weather piping hot. A regiment arrived . I never saw soldiers so covered with dust .

Made some sketches in the broiling sun . At lunch we met an old military ofﬁcer who had been through the Russian campaign ; he tried to make us believe that he knew everything, and told us that in Holland cows were fastened up with silver chains . There was also a young man who talked very grandly about the number of crimes he would commit for the sake of his country . We had just heard of an attempt which

’ had been made on the King s life. Took the coach to Barbezieux, passing on the way the ruin

old o f L a Cour on n e of an abbey at the village , and at R ou llet an old church of the same period as the

’ n B ar bezzeua' cathedral at A gouleme . On arrival at

- in we were followed by the Sous Préfet, who

o n quired whether we were Poles , but learning that we were English he became very polite and

’ apologised fo r following us . At the inn the host s

v erv . daughter, who was beautiful , sang charmingly

We were much taken with her, and made two clerks very jealous because we got into conversa tion with her . 44 WILLIAM CALLOW — J u U A . M . ne 29. p at to catch the coach

of at six, and owing to the stupidity the maid we had nothing to eat except a piece o f bread until

' ' M on theu zi r the coach stopped at for dej e ne . There

r were ten passengers in the coach , and it being ve y fl t hot weather, we were nearly sti ed. Af er passing

u S A n dr ei through a beautif l country we reached t. We walked forward to the banks of the Gironde f and saw the ruins o a castle . The river here is very broad , and there being no bridge, we crossed by a ferry, the boat being drawn by a rope attached to a drum , like a mill , turned by horses . all We were packed in the boat, including the

v a o n coach and horses, and arri ed s fely the other

of side the river, although there was some alarm amongst the lady passengers owing to the horses

ﬁd W n e o . getting gety. started the coach again

Driving through the vine country for two hours , we came to the hills close to Bordeaux on which the best vines are cultivated , then crossed the

B or deaux bridge over the Garonne into , where d Talbot and myself stayed at Hotel e Rouen. J — u n e 30. Spent an intensely hot day seeing the sights of the town, and attended the launch of a vessel at high tide . Could not sleep at night on o account f the heat. A WALKING TOUR 45

J l 1 — u . 6 A . M y Got up at . and made some sketches in the early mornin g ; as the weather was still extremely hot, could do very little during the day.

J l — o u 2. ut y Walked to St . André and saw

of o ur the church St. Michel . On return we met

S oh err had a , who just arrived , and we t lked over

u r d o respective a ventures .

- J u l 3 of . . y . Visited the church St Severin I determined to continue my tour in the night on account of the heat. Talbot tried to persuade me

o t wait another day for him , but as he would go only as far as Agen I adhered to my determination . At

M S o herr P. . Talbot and accompanied me to

of o ff the gate the town , and I started alone for

Langon . Being a lovely and warm night, I rested by the roadside. I never felt so lonely in my life ; thought of all those at home. Walked nine

r leagues and stopped at a village near Cas t es . — t J ul 4 . ou y Slept nearly all day, and set for

L angon in the evening . Put up at an inn where every one spoke a patois whi ch I could not under stand . Went down to the river and saw steamers arrive from Bordeaux . — J U 4 A . M . u ly 5. p at and crossed the bridge ff j ust as the sun was rising, a charming e ect with 46 WILLIAM CALLOW

Langon on one side of the ri ver and a ruin of an old castle on the other ; passed several villages in

’ L a R eole a very pretty country and reached , where

M ar man I took the steamer to de. — J u l 6 . v y Weather became less oppressi e , and

I determined to proﬁt by it, making an early start,

1 0 A M . Ton n ezns and at . reached , famous for manu factur on mg tobacco . Was told that a clear day the Pyrenees could be seen from here . Pressed on,

' o f A i uzllon P ort passed the town g , and arrived at a S t. M rie, I where stayed the night at _ an inn in a room overlooking the river, which is broad and

ﬁne. — M . J u ly 7 Started at A . along a pretty

of road, with tobacco plantations and a quantity

on corn , which was being reaped , either side ; the hills were now becoming more lofty. Overtook a regiment on the way to Toulouse : the officers were walking with the men, and all were covered

H lair S t. i e with dust. Passed and arrived at

A 6 . en 8 P. M . g at , putting up at the H tel de France a M de some sketches, but nearly the whole of the town is hidden by large trees along a ﬁne promenade beside the river. I had followed the Garonne nearly all the way from Bordeaux. — J u l 8. U y p late . Visited the very old church A WALKING TOUR 47 of St. Caprais and the picturesque Hotel de Ville , 1 6 6 5 which dates from . In the evening took a

of walk by the river, and saw hundreds women — bathing quite a usual custom. — J u l 9. to y Took the coach Auch , and as the a ro d is very hilly and the weather still hot, I am

’ ’ ‘

. a ezmer L ectou r e glad of the ride Had g at , a town which has been the birthplace of many generals of the French Army, including Montebello, a maréchal

A lz i on under Napoleon . uc is prett ly situated a i d h ll , and the cathe ral , being built in a prominent a W position , is seen from a great dist nce. ent to see the famous stained -glass windows which it contains . As a coach for Tarbes arrived from

l . Tou ouse, I decided to continue my j ourney by it — b J u l 1 0 d Tar es A . M . y . Arrive at at 7 I had

o t slept n the coach as far as R abas ens . Soon after

r leaving this place I ﬁ st saw the Pyrenees , which I had long wished to do ; the vie w made a lasting impression on my mind . A long line of mountains rose from an expansive plain and extended as far l as the eye could reach . Above a de icate distant blue, partly hid by mist, could be seen small

o quantities f snow. The mountains had a grand d appearance, and I longe to be amongst them . On reaching the Hotel du Grand Soleil at Tarbes 48 WILLIAM CA LLOW

I immediately set off to get a nearer view of the mountains . On my return to the town I once more put my knapsack on my back and left with a light heart for Lourdes . How I enjoyed myself with the beautiful view in front of me " What a splendid sight " What a variety of colours and forms " I wished for some one to be with me to

a of . part ke my pleasure I made some sketches , but the scene changed every instant. How happy I felt at seeing mountains for the ﬁrst time "

They were so beautiful . I never felt so happy .

I sang for j oy. On entering a pass I came to

on a village, which inquiry I understood to be

Lourdes . Being Sunday, all the inhabitants were

for strolling about the street. I asked the hotel , but as they only spoke a patois , they did not under stand me, but pointed to a place which I discovered

i of . to be a low, d rty inn with a lot men drinking I was shown by a woman into a room with two beds , and when I expostulated she tried to console

’ me by saying it was only the servant s bed. I ordered some supper, and whilst waiting outside

of the door the inn for it to be prepared, all the men who had been drinking j umped out of a window and stood talking and eyeing me in a

n peculiar ma ner. Later two drunken men entered ;

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with a torrent, the Gave, rushing through the

of l o f valley Argeles, in the midd e which are the

. A r eles ruins of several castles Arrived at g , where

I breakfasted , then walked two more leagues to ' t P zerr eﬁtte. Af er having rested there during the

of heat the day, I climbed a very steep road by the side of a mountain, with an impetuous

on torrent the other side, leaping from rock to rock and falling in deep cascades ; the valley was nearly closed in with mountains, so grand

on e of and sublime . It was the ﬁnest walks I

in Cau terets ever had my life to , where I took up my quarters .

— off on a J uly 1 2. Started an expedition to L c

G aub de e without my knapsack. Met several invalids being carried from the Baths higher up the mountains , and continued to ascend a good

P an t road, passing a very pretty cascade, to

’ d E s a n e p g , which I crossed, and entered into the

had o f valley beyond, the wildest I yet seen quite a different character of scenery with huge masses of rocks partly covered with pines . Afterwards I climbed up a path to the lake, beautifully situated, being entirely surrounded by mountains of great height, towering above it. Here I met three

Englishmen , with whom I returned to Cauterets . A WALKING TOUR 51 On the way we met some Spanish smugglers - l queer looking fel ows .

J ul l 3 — y . Left Cauterets with great regret at six o ’ clock in the morning and retraced my steps to

Pierr eﬁtte to , intending go to Bareges ; but I changed my mind and continued back through

off Argeles to Lourdes , where I turned to the

‘ ’ B a n er - -B a right to g es de g ar r e. I arrived in the

a s evening, having walked fourteen le gue , but I was u not m ch tired, as so many beautiful views

n did ot give me time to think of fatigue. J — - - uly l 4. Remained at Bagneres de Bigorre all

e . day, but was disappoint d with the place — J u l 5 A M . f r 1 5. U . o y p at , and started St . Gaudens along a charming road ; passed through

Escaliadieu L an nemezan and , having breakfast at

l at St. G audens the latter vil age . Arrived very tired, having walked all day. Took my departure

’ at ten o clock the same night in a coach for

’ Tou louse , where I arrived at eight o clock the next

o f morning, having slept during nearly the whole the journey . — J u ly l 6 . Remained all day at Toulouse and visited the quays and bridges ; tr ied to make some sketches, but a storm forced me to seek shelter.

J u l 1 — on of y 7. After walking the promenade 52 WILLI AM CALLOW

o f . Lafayette, etc . , and seeing the churches St

‘ s . . Etienne and t Sernin , I made various sketches

I took the coach to Narbonne in the evening . — J u ly 1 8. Travelled all night and the greater part of the next day on the coach . There was little to see on the road excepting the picturesque town

rcasson n e on of Ca , with its old tower situated a hill and surrounded by walls. As usual , I was more fatigued by riding than walking, besides being almost stiﬂed by heat and dust. Arrived at

Narbon n e at last. The town is famous for honey .

on It is situated a plain, and has an antiquated

of du appearance. A branch the Canal Midi passes through the town , but I was unable to make a sketch of it, as it is so closed in by walls . — U A . M . J u l 1 9. off y p at and set to Beziers , and soon caught a distant view of the M editer

’ ’ n B ezz r ran ea . Stopped at e s to lunch and rested during the heat of the day ; continued my walk to

on e Pezenas ; began to feel very tired, as of my m feet was very painful . Fortunately a an riding a donkey overtook me, and put my knapsack in his w basket, hich was a great relief. We chatted all

P ezen a the way to s . I went to H6 tel des Trois

Pigeons, and soon to bed, as I was never before so d tire .

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d on arrive , and as the town was so full account of a fair being held , we were compelled to find some lodgings a little way out of it ; even then we could only get a mattress on a floor . J l — d u y 24 . W e were so isturbed by flies that we were glad to get ou t of our lodgings at four

’ o clock in the morning, when we met a man , whose

on acquaintance we had made the road to Beaucaire, wandering about in search of his lodgings ; on his arrival he had taken some rooms, where he left his luggage and put the key in his pocket, but he forgot to note the name of the street o r the

of number the house. After helping him for some time without success we left him to his fate .

Took the steamer, which had arrived in the early

A r les morning , to , where we transferred into another steamer for Marseilles . I was delighted with the change from dusty roads . I climbed the foremast and sat on the yard -arm till the steamer

on reached the mouth of the river. At last I was the blue Mediterranean . The steamer took a turn

few out to sea, and in a hours we arrived at

M arseilles on , which looks very ﬁne approaching it

. from the bay, with the mountains behind it

J u l 25 — y . Strolled about the town and visited the harbour and fortiﬁcations . In the evening A WALK ING TOUR 55

took the coach for Toulon , along a road which

s pa ses through a very mountainous country.

- J u l . M . y 26 Arrived at Tou lon at 4 A . and put up at the Hotel de France . Fils having obtained

o f a pass , we visited the Arsenal ; the sight so l many crimina s was revolting . I never saw such a set of wretches with every crime written on their faces ; they were all dressed in red j ackets and

on numbered, and nearly every one had chains his legs . I was glad to get away .

J u l U y 27. p early and sketched all day.

-of- e Saw a man war come into the port, and climb d on the heights to obtain a view of the Iles

’ H é re d s . y Returned in a coach to Marseilles .

o n e During the night, whilst walking up of the ll hi s, I saw the full moon through the mountains —a shining on the Mediterranean glorious sight. — - J u l 8 M . y 2 . y twenty fourth birthday On

8 A M arrival at Marseilles went to bed till . . Visited the quays and made a number of sketc hes of merchantmen coming into harbour. — - J u l 29. 2 A . M . to y Fils woke me at say good bye, as he was starting for Sisteron . I was to leave by coach at six for Aix, but fell asleep again , and did not wake until a few minutes before that hour .

Hurried into my clothes, but found the coach had 56 WILLIAM CA LLOW

m an already started, so got a to carry my knapsack and ran after it, catching it up about a mile out of the town as it was ascending a hill arrived at A im

A . M S at 9 . Intended to make some ketches, but unable on account o f the heat. I had decided to i take the coach to Av gnon, but it was so full that

I went by another on e to Orgon .

— Was Or an 3 A . M . J u ly 30. Arrived at g at told

6 A M the coach for Avignon would pass through at . . ,

so but they could not ensure my obtaining a seat,

I decided to walk. Had not proceeded far when the coach overtook me, and I was tempted by an

f A i n n of er to take me to v g o for thirty sous . The picturesque town is entirely surrounded by walls , and has a pretty promenade with lime -trees on the

of banks the Rhone, which is very broad here, and over it is a wooden bridge, and there are also

of i 1 remains one bu lt in the 2th century. Saw the

of Palace the Popes, which has more the appear ance of a prison with its severe towers ; also visited the cathedral , containing some ﬁne monuments . — J u l 31 . so y Tried to sketch , but the wind blew hard that it was impossible to do anything . Took

an the coach in the evening to Or g e. Having the box seat and no overcoat, I was nearly frozen by the cold wind . Put up at a miserable inn . There

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nearly dislocated by the j olting . Arrived at the M l Hotel des Princes at 1 0 A . . took a stro l by the

Side of the little river which ﬂows into the Rhone, with a charming view of the Dauphine mountains in the distance . — 4 A . M A ug us t 3 . Up again at . and started for

n L oriol Valence, resti g at on the road , which is very beautiful as it approaches the R hone . My foot began to trouble me again , so I took a

Valen ce seat on a coach , and arrived at in the afternoon . — A ugu st 4 . Decided to rest here all day and made some sk—etches by the river. A u u t 5. 4 A M . g s Started at . . for Tain Just before reaching it the road passes close to the river, and there is a beautiful view with Tain on one side and Tournon, with the ruins of an old castle, on the

o other. On account f the beauty of the place I

Tain had intended to remain at , but I got into such bad quarters that I was quite disgusted .

on . Determined to walk to St Vallier . The weather now seemed inclined to change, and some heavy black clouds came up and produced some beauti ff ful e ects over the hills, but there was no rain . How I longed for a shower It was n ow about two months since I had felt a drop of rain, and had A WALKING TOUR 59

hardl y seen a cloud ; nothing but continuous blue V ll . S t. a ier sky and burning heat Arrived at , and put up at a hotel which was worse than the one t I had lef , and as there was no other, I was

compelled to stay. Rain came during the night,

and everybody, including myself, was delighted .

Everything was parched up, the grapes were very

small, and there were neither vegetables nor grain .

’ A u u t 6 — L e g s . Took a seat in a small coach to

P éa e g , and from there I walked six leagues to

Vien ne , along a very interesting road close to the

river, with a view of the hills opposite and the

Dauphine mountains in the distance . Visited the

ﬁne Gothic cathedral . Was much annoyed by being woke up in the middle of the night to admit a traveller to sleep in a spare bed which was in the room . — A ug ust 7. Passed the day making sketches beside the river of the picturesque town . — A ugu st 8. The last day of my tramp . Started

L ons . at 4 A . M . as usual and walked to y Here I remained for some days waiting for remittances , 1 3th which arrived on the . I at once booked a

o f seat in the banquette the diligence for Paris ,

’ and started at ten o clock the same evening . When we had passed Macon and Chalons we 60 WILLI AM CALLOW

experienced a tremendous thunderstorm , the light d ning being exceptionally vivid , which frightene the horses so much that the conductor had to

get down and lead them . After having Spent

o n three days and nights the road , passing through

on Auxerre and Sens, I arrived safely in Paris

l 6 th . Tuesday, the August During the nearly

two months and a half which I had been absent, had 6 81 1 700 I traversed leagues , or about miles, and the entire cost of the journey was only twenty pounds

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1 836 old In the autumn of my friend, Charles

o n . Bentley, came over to Paris a visit I was delighted to see him, and this was the ﬁrst time

Bentley, Edge, and myself had met together since we were pupils under Fielding .

In October, Bentley, Outhwaite (an engraver)

r and myself took a trip to Rouen and Hav e, making sketches by the way . Outhwaite and I , after seeing Bentley off by steamer back to

England, returned to Paris . 1 837 In the next year, , I was fully engaged in making drawings for the work on North America, also in retouching the set of wood engravings for

al r at V ail G iradon the G le y ers les . introduced me to Charles Heath , the London publisher, who commissioned me to make a series of original

L es F as tes de drawings for a work to be entitled,

V r a ll e s i es. Editions were subsequently published in Paris in French , and in London in English . For this purpose I obtained permission to v isit the private gardens and the Trianon at Versailles .

’ About this time the Comte de No e called upon me to obtain some drawings for the Société des

Amis des Arts , of which he was President . I u on e of s pplied him with two paintings, which ,

” The Port of Marseilles, was won by King Louis

W I MBLEDON

(Si ze 1 03; x 71 m akes

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Philippe in a lottery . I continued my acquaint ance with the Count, and from time to time sold other drawings to him for lotteries . I was very busy with my pupils , and received commissions for water-colour paintings from picture -dealers both in Paris and London, so that I was enabled to add to my small savings which I had started at the

1 834. Bank in Being sadly in need of a rest, I , J accompanied by my brother ohn, paid a visit to

England, ﬁrst to London, and afterwards to Great

Yarmouth , where I sketched boats and shipping scenes . Later I went with Bentley for a trip h round the Isle of Wight, travelling to Portsmout a by coach . We both m de numerous studies of marine subjects . On returning to Paris in

November, I and my brother went by boat from

London to Boulogne . On account of the tide the

l off steamer was compel ed to anchor Dover all night, and crossed the Channel the next morning. I sent a water -colour drawing to a local Ex hib ition - - at Boulogne sur Mer, for which I was awarded a S ilver medal . I was principally painting sea-pieces at the time ; they were quite a novelty in Paris, and I received many orders for them from

- Durand Ruel . i 1 838 In the follow ng year, , the Princess 64 WILLI AM CA LLOW

Clem en tin e requested to see the sketches which I

had made in the South of France, and gave me a

commission to make paintings from two o f them .

I was one day surprised, at my atelier, by a visit

from Alexandre Dumas, the famous novelist, ho came to invite me to join him in a trip to the South of France ; he was going to write his

Im r essions de Vo a e p y g , and he wished me to

supply the illustrations , but owing to my numerous pupils and many engagements I was compelled to decline his request . Acting upon the advice of John Lewis and my friend Bentley, I sent three drawings to the Old Water-Colour Society in support of my candida

on 1 5 ture for election, and the th February I received the gratifying intelligence that I had been

F or unanimously elected an Associate . some time previously it had been my ambition to become associated with this grand Society, yet when the news of my election reached me I could scarcely ff believe it to be true, not having su icient con ﬁde nce in my own powers to think that I should ever succeed . A new incentive for work in the future The following notice appeared in the Sp ectator

The Water-Colour So ciety last week ﬁlled o n e o f two aca ci s b ec in a Mr il iam Ca o w an sca e an d v n e y el t g . W l ll , l d p

F ISHI NG BOATS OFF T HE COAST O

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. . . publisher, who gave me an introduction to J M W

Turner. On presenting myself at his residence in Queen Anne Street, the door was opened by his old housekeeper, who requested me to wait in the hall whilst she delivered the letter to Mr. Turner.

o ut To my surprise, Turner himself came to me, and upon my asking permission to see his gallery,

“ ” l G o he abruptly though kind y said, up . So upstairs I went, delighted not only at getting an opportunity of seeing his wonderful paintings, but at meeting the painter himself. It was a painful

’ surprise, however, to ﬁnd Turner s gallery in a most

of dilapidated condition . Many the pictures, some on the ground and others leaning against the wall , were cracked and damaged the walls were in a de lorable of p state damp , with the paper hanging down in strips . I remained a long time admiring his

on e beautiful painting, and on going downstairs no appeared, so I had quietly to let myself out at the front door without having an opportunity of thanking Turner for his kindness . My recollection of of Turner is that a short, dark man, inclined to stoutness , with a merry twinkle in his eye . The next time I met Turner was at Venice, at the

w e Hotel Europa, where sat opposite at meals and entered into conversation . One evening whilst I LIFE IN PA R IS 67

was enjoying a cigar in a gondola I saw Turner in

on e another sketching San Giorgio, brilliantly lit

up by the setting sun . I felt quite ashamed of myself idling away my time whilst he was hard at

work so late . In the autumn of 1 838 I made my ﬁr st tour in

. dil en ce Switzerland I took the g to Dijon , on which

of I made the acquaintance a Mr . Forman, and we

agreed to travel together. From Dijon we crossed

of the plains Burgundy to Besancon and Pontarlier. From the latter place we took the Swiss post over

the Jura mountains to Lausanne . Here, shoulder ing o ur knapsacks we started off and walked to

Vevey, where, after making some sketches , we con

n to on tin ed Villeneuve, the borders of the Lake

of Geneva, and took the steamer to Geneva. We

f 3 A . M . le t the next day at , and walked along a beautiful road to Bonneville . Arrived very tired da and knocked up by the heat. On the following y,

w e after resting during the heat at Cluses , reached

St . Martin late in the evening . We then proceeded through the valley of Servoz and a beautiful gorge to the valley of Chamouny, surrounded by Mont

Blanc and other mountains . We made an excursion to the Mer de Glace, taking a mule, which we rode

M on tanv ert u in turns up to , then across the ice p 68 WILLI AM CALLOW

to Le Couvercle, and arrived at the Jardin, where we rested and returned to Chamouny. The next day t we went with guides up Mont Blanc . We af er wards proceeded to Nan tborran t ; from there we

Col w ent down to Les Chapieux, and ascended de la

of Seigne, where I made some sketches the beauti w ful vie , the Aiguilles and Mont Blanc above us, and Lake Comb al and the Allée Blanche below.

We then proceeded to Aosta . Next day we left

for . with a party of eight and two guides St Remy,

of . the Hospital St Bernard, where we saw the

. u monks , the famous dogs, and the chapel I tho ght

’ o f Rogers lines promising bread to the hungry, and

” to the weary rest. From St. Remy we descended t o Liddes in a thunderstorm , and reached Martigny the same evening. On the following day I and

Forman had to part company . I set out to Sion,

L o ueche h and then proceeded up to , w ere I went with a guide up the rocks . Afterwards I walked

U e to Thun, and took the steamer to nterseen , b auti

on fully situated the lake , and proceeded to Inter laken . On the following day I hired a guide and

o f n went through the valley Lauterbrunne , visited w the Staubbach , where the Jungfrau, covered ith snow, could be seen, and climbed up the Wengern i Alp, arriv ng at the chalet, where I was the only

70 WILLIAM CA LLOW following day posted to Schaffhaus en and saw the

Falls of the Rhine. Then quitted with great regret the mountain scenery of Switzerland and

b u posted to Frei rg, where I took the coach to

- Strasbourg, reaching there at half past eleven at night, and being kept for half an hour at the gates of - the town by the custom house officers . Then

- proceeded by coach to Baden Baden , Carlsruhe,

- and Heidelberg . The last named town proved so interesting that I remained there for ﬁve days making sketches . Proceeded by coach to Frankfort

M n o w and ayence . I commenced walking again

on with my knapsack my back, and reached

Rudesheim , where I saw the beauties of the Rhine for the ﬁrst time, and crossed the river to Bingen .

Next proceeded on foot to Bacharach and Pfalz, passing many old castles romantically situated on

of the tops hills overlooking the river, and reached

of S ché n b ur . Oberwesel, with its ﬁne castle g At the hotel I tried to speak German , and on asking

Con for some wine they brought me cold meat. tin ued my walk to St . Goar, and crossed the river f to see the castle o Katz . Proceeded along a

B o art path beside the river to pp and Coblenz, where I crossed the bridge of boats to visit

Ehrenbreitstein . Next continued to Andernach ,

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t o e n and then R magen, and ﬁ ished my walking tour at Bonn, where I took the steamer to Cologne and posted on from there to Aix-la-Chapelle and — then to Liege, where I took the train the railway — had not long been opened to Brussels, and thence

i via o on s by d ligence Valenciennes and N y to Paris, i reach ng it after an absence of ten weeks . Travelling in those days was not at all like what it is at the present time. English was not under stood , and having no knowledge of the German

for language, I was compelled to make signs nearly everything I required during the three weeks I was in Germany, especially in the Moselle district . On my return to Paris I found that the Princess

Clem en tin e l was staying at Neuil y, so I had to walk there each morning to give her a drawing

’ lesson at eight o clock in the morning . In order to be there in time I was obliged to get up at six , my brother making me a cup o f tea before I

a . started, and I had my bre kfast on my return This I continued to do even through the winter months . In 1 839 I received a second silver medal at the Exhibition of Cambrai for water-colour drawings

z which I sent there . I also obtained a bron e medal at the Rouen Exhibition . In this year 72 WILLI AM CA LLOW

of J . Mackenzie, the Treasurer the Old Water

Colour Society, came to Paris to make some

o n drawings for the work on Versailles , which I

was already engaged . He was commissioned to

execute a few architectural subjects , chieﬂy

interiors of the grand galleries of the Palace, whilst

I drew the gardens, fountains, Trianon, and the

Orangerie.

’ About this time emeu tes were a frequent

on e occurrence in Paris , and my brother and I had or two narrow escapes as we used to run out at the sound of the r app el on the drums to see

what would happen . It was also in this year, the

of had tenth my residence in Paris , that I the

’ honour o f being introduced to the D u e d A u m ale whilst giving a lesson to the Princess at St. Cloud . In the autumn my brother and I paid a visit to

England, travelling by a new route. We took the V al St . er diligence to y, and thence went by a steamer,

Castor . o f the , direct to London The navigation ff the Somme was very di icult, owing to the river being almost choked with sand ; consequently the

n e boats only ran for o season . On my return to Paris I received an invitation from the Comte de

Noe to dinner, at which I met his son, the noted caricaturist, well known as Cham , whose

74 WILLI A M CA LLOW youngest in Paris at that time. The Royal Family were all present, and the Princess presented me

g with a ticket of admission , particularly requestin that I should make use of it myself, as they wished to be surrounded by those who were loyal to them . In this year I was awarded a silver medal for my drawings exhibited at the Rouen Exhibition , ad the second I h received from that town . I was also successful in obtaining a gold medal at the

Paris S al on . I was to have received it from the

of hands the King, but owing to a disturbance, the

of e official presentation prizes was abandon d . I was also fortunate enough to win a picture in a Fine Art Lottery at Lyons . I sold it for ﬁve

r hund ed francs without even seeing it. I paid a short visit to London to j udge the effect of my own dr awings on the walls of the Old Water -Colour Society’s gallery at the annual

Exhibition, and returned to Paris accompanied by my friend Bentley. I may mention here that on each anniversary of the Revolution King Louis Philippe caused it to be commemorated by three

’ days fetes. Every kind of amusement which could be devised was provided for the people ; theatres and cafés were open free, prizes were awarded for climb ing greasy poles and other sports, including aquatic LIFE IN PA R IS 75

of ones on the river, and ﬁnally a grand display ﬁreworks in the Place de la Concorde wound up

the fetes . All this was done by the King in order

to try and please the people, in spite of which I constant attempts were being made on his life .

remember on one occasion after a review, as the

King, accompanied by some ofﬁcers, was passing l a ong the Boulevards, a shot was ﬁred from a m window ; it fortunately issed him, but wounded

several of the ofﬁcers . In the autumn of this year I made my ﬁr st visit

to Italy . I was accompanied for some part of the had time by Forman , who been with me two years

W e previously on the tour through Switzerland . ft le Paris by diligence for Dijon, and then crossed J the ura mountains to Geneva , where we stopped

on and sketched . We next passed the left side of the lake thro ugh Lausanne and Vevey to St .

u Ma rice, where we changed diligences and arrived at Brieg. The next day we crossed the Simplon

’ Pass and reached Domo d Oss ola at 1 1 R M . After sleeping for a few hours on a sofa we took the malle p aste in the early morning to Arona on Lago Mag

io . g re . Here we stayed and sketched Afterwards crossed the lake to Angera t o see the picturesque castle, and made a trip up the lake by steamer to 76 WILLI AM CA LLOW

i enjoy the scenery. On the same even ng we took a carriage to Bellinzona, and made some sketches in the very picturesque town with its old walls and towers before breakfast the next morning. Later

u we proceeded to L gano, passing over Mont e Cann ro, and witnessing some splendid views on the road . The next day we left by coach for

Como, crossed the lake in a boat, and arrived there in the evening. On the following day we took a steamer up the lake, which is smaller but prettier

B ella io . than Maggiore, and went ashore at gg Here, although there was no hotel , we obtained some very comfortable quarters and stayed the night. We took a delightful sail up the lake, but, owing to a contrary wind, could only reach Gravedona, where it was impossible to stay, as every cottage was so dirty ; consequently we returned as far as Domaso. Next day, after sailing for seven hours, we managed to

Caden abb ia Bell a io reach , opposite to gg , then took the steamer back to Como, being very much pleased with the trip . Sketched all the next day at Como

veloci eri and left in the evening for Milan in a f , a long vehicle holding about twenty people, and after four hours’ jolting arrived at the capital of Lombardy, where we inspected the cathedral , the Scala, and other ﬁne buildings . Left Milan

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a i at midnight, p ss ng through a splendidly rich

an d k country , , s irting Lake Garda for some distance, arrived at Verona in the evening, after having been almost stiﬂed by dust and heat . We were much

w of interested in this to n, with whole streets

ﬁn e palaces, intermingled with Roman and other

u of i antiq ities, the tombs the Scal geri, the old bridge, and amphitheatre . Next we proceeded to Padua , with its arcaded streets and two remarkable

of churches, in one which we saw a beautiful paint ing by Paul Veronese. Being anxious to arrive at

mal le aste Venice, we took the p to Mestre, where we embarked in a gondola, traversing for several miles over the lagoons, and arrived in the evening

of at the steps Hotel Europa, delighted with our

o f W e ﬁrst view the Queen of the Adriatic.

for stayed ten days , seeing all the wonderful sights and making many sketches . We left Venice with great regret and returned to Padua, whence we posted to Ferrara, and then on to Bologna . Here

of s of we saw the castle the Duke Ferrara, a ﬁne fortress, the cathedral , and the leaning tower, all of a which I sketched . The next day we st rted in a

ur a tw o vett in company with others for Florence, having to be drawn by oxen at a snail ’s pace across

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a a of F 0 Albergo del N lt , in sight Monte di ,

’ and after two days travelling arrived at Florence . Here we remained for four days sketching all the wonderful buildings . Forman being obliged to

vettu r a return to Paris, I proceeded by myself in a to Rome . The j ourney took six days . Stopped

of the ﬁrst night at Arezzo, the birthplace Petrarch , then quitted the Tuscan States and entered those

- of the P ape . From the Custom house there is a beautiful view over Lake Trasimeno, near to which Hannibal obtained a famous victory over the

Romans . Arrived at Perugi a on the third day and visited the cathedral ; afterwards took a carriage to Assisi and saw the famous convent of St.

Francis, remarkable for the three churches built

o n e . e above the other We then proceed d to Foligno , d and then on to Spoleto, where I ma e a sketch of

’ the town and gateway where Han n ibal s progress received a check from the inhabitants . Next reached Terni, where I saw the cascade and the villa where Queen Caroline resided . Continued the journey, passing Narni, with the Roman bridge

l Cmsar S bui t by Augustus , and along a plendid road across the mountains and arrived at Nepi. On

e the last day we crossed the Campagna, b autiful in — its barrenness no trees , no water, nor cultivation

LIFE IN PA R IS 79 of n ot h ow any kind , and even a house, but many reﬂections it causes in one’ s mind—and arrived at last at Rome, entering it by the Porta

P a ol o del p . Here I remained for ten days enjoy

S l ing all the wonderful ights of that marvel ous city .

f for Afterwards I le t Naples, stopping a night at

Terracina by the way, and reached Naples on the

n following day, visiting Hercula eum and Vesuvius . Next I took the rail way to Castellam are and h walked to Torre del Greco, w ere I hired a donkey and went to Castel Lettere and Gragnano afterwards to Pompeii , in which place I was greatly interested . From there I proceeded to Torre del

Greco, and then back by rail to Naples . On the next day I took the steamer F r ancisco P rima for

Marseilles . It came on to blow so hard during the middle of the ﬁrst night that the steamer was nearly swamped by the heavy seas, which stove in two deck cabins , carried away some of the

ﬁl i . boats, and led the ma n cabin half full with water t We stopped at Leghorn and Genoa, and , af er a boisterous voyage, ﬁnally reached Marseilles .

Here I remained for two days, revisiting with pleasure many spots which I had seen during my

fo previous stay. I then took the diligence r

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1 Orange which I tramped on foot in 836 . I was

d 0 oblige to st p at Lyons for two days , being unable to secure a seat o n a diligence. I eventually

on e obtained , and after the diligence had pro ceeded some way on the road we were detained

on e for six hours at place owing to an inundation . Finally we reached Paris without any further mishap . Travelling from one place to another in those days was no easy matter, especially in Italy . The vettu rin a generally started at a very early hour in the morning, stopped during the intense heat of the day for the passengers to rest, and proceeded on its j ourney in the evening. All the way from Rome to Naples the malle p aste was accompanied by a mounted guard for protection against the banditti . Soon after my return from Italy I was commanded to take my sketches to the Tuileries, and was commissioned to make three drawings

on e from them, for Queen Marie Amelie, one for the Duc de Nemours, and one for Princess Clem en tin e ; the last named shortly afterwards m requested me to make two ore drawings , and I was continually receiving proofs of the Princess ’s kindness . At the end of this year the remains of Napoleon

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’ had written two years previously in F r aser s

“ M a azine : g A new painter, somewhat in the

o f . style Harding, is Mr Callow ; and better, I

o r o think , than his master original, whose col urs f are too gaudy, to my taste, and ef ects too

” glaringly theatrical ; success seemed , therefore, assured . I accordingly commenced preparations for leaving Paris by selling many of my possessions , which I had accumulated during my residence in

ears that city for nearly twelve v . Although I had never entertained the idea of settling there for life , still when the time came I left with much regret , fo r the period had been passed most happily. I had here begun my career as a lad unaided , but by continued exertions and hard work had been most

-ﬁ v e successful . From the small sum of twenty francs , which I had ﬁrst deposited in the Savings

of Bank at the instigation Himley, I had now fourteen thousand francs invested in the Funds .

I had also made so many kind friends , and had w become so well kno n professionally, that I was truly grieved to leave Paris, and my great grief was in severing my connection w ith the Royal

Clem en ti ne Family, particularly the Princess , to whom I had given drawing lessons twice a week for nearly seven years , always punctually at eight LIFE IN PA R IS 83

’ o clock in the morning, whether at Paris, St. Cloud , J or Neuilly ; also Prince de oinville , to whom I had given occasional lessons on his return from Mexico .

My principal furniture , books , and prints were purchased by Baron S chweiter and other friends ; the remainder I left with my brother John to furnish his apartments , as he remained in Paris working on his own account. 28th 1 841 I ﬁnally quitted Paris on March , and settled in London, rather nervous as to the result, for having given up my Royal pupil as well as a good connection as a drawing -master amongst many of the old French aristocracy, I had to start afresh and practically unknown in London .

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Sometimes he drove me down to Richmond , where his mother was staying, and I made numerous sketches there . In fact he was most kind to me, and frequently invited me to dinner at his house . Sometimes after dinner he would send his valet to

a. K al er i secure a box at the Oper Arriving there, g would be amused for a time, but would often soon tire of it and we would return before the ﬁnish to his house, when he would play all the airs to which a he had just listened . He was clever pianist, and I remember on on e occasion after having heard the ‘ Stabat Mater ’ for the ﬁrst time he played it all f from memory . During the year many o my old

’ No e friends from Paris, including Comte de , Comte

Stackleb er g, Baron Schweitzer, and others, called to see me at my studio . In the autumn I made a sketching tour in

Normandy, accompanied by Bentley. We visited

St. Malo and Avranches . From the latter place

. o ur we went in a country cart to St. Malo On complaining o f the roughness of the road and the j olting o f the cart the driver gravely informed us that it was the same road the great Napoleon had

for traversed, which , however, did not console us W the bumping we received during the drive . e next proceeded to Caen , where we took the

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f steamer to Havre, and a terwards walked along the coast to Dieppe, thence through Abbeville to

Paris , and returned from there direct to London . About this time Adelaide Kemble made her ﬁrst appearance on the stage of Covent Garden

Nor ma Theatre in . I went to hear the Opera , and was agreeably surprised to ﬁnd an accomplished

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M H DAR T OUT . artiste instead of the nervous youn g singer whom I had heard some years previously in her own home at Paris . She was perfect in her character and sang divinely. She afterwards became Mrs .

Sartoris, and relinquished the stage .

1 842 s During the next year, , my pupils increa ed in number . Amongst others were Lady Stratford de ff Redcli e and her family, who came to receive lessons before departing for Constantinople to join 88 WILLIAM CA LLOW

his lordship, who was British Ambassador there.

S of Miss Crewe, a ister Lord Crewe, was also a

pupil, and I went to give her some lessons at

BIadel e ff of . y Manor, in Sta ordshire, the seat Mrs

ff Ofﬂe Cunli e y, the aunt of Miss Crewe, with

whom she was staying . I unfortunately caught a severe cold on the last day of my visit through

on sitting the damp grass , so I decided to go to the South Coast to recuperate . It entailed a tedious j ourney by coach , passing through Bristol and Exeter to Plymouth , whence I made a short

Tei n sketching tour to Dartmouth , Torquay , g mouth , Lyme Regis , and Corfe Castle. I had now accumulated sufﬁ cient money to

of 20 purchase the lease my house, Charlotte

r St eet, Portland Place, where I resided for some

S of u years, Bentley haring part it ntil my marriage .

u My pupils became still more numero s . Amongst

ff who them was Lord Du erin, , however, was more

r interested in chemistry than d awing , so much so that his mother, one of the beautiful Sheridan sisters , told me that she was in constant fear lest he should blow up their house . I lost sight of my pupil for many years , but followed his brilliant career with great interest, especially during the time he was Viceroy of India . Shortly before his

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From Glasgow I took the train to Edinburgh , a city ff glorious in position and e ect. The mists were rather against sketching , for I had to go to the hills three times to obtain a general view of the f city before I was successful . A ter spending some l days Sketching I went by coach to Me rose, Jed

B amb orou h burgh , Berwick , g Castle , Alnwick , and

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D urham ; then by an omnibus from Catterick

Bridge to Richmond , and back to London . Travel

in ling by coach these days was a great pleasure .

on e Stopping at the principal towns , was welcomed

v at the inns by the landlords , and was ser ed as travellers never are and never will be again . During this little tour I made many sketches, from which

- I executed later ﬁnished water colour paintings . In the month o f December I received a com

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’ of al u drawings Chatsworth for Queen Victoria s b m , on e of h the ouse from the garden , and the other a view from the conservatory—two points of interest which Her Majesty had greatly admired during her visit to Chatsworth with Prince Consort. The

Duke gave instructions to his head gardener, Mr.

Joseph Paxton, afterwards knighted for his services

o f 1 851 in connection with the great Exhibition , to look after me , and having to work in the open air during bitterly cold weather, a furnace was placed near me, so that I could warm myself, and a manservant was deputed to wait on me . When the drawings were ﬁnished the Duke came to see them at my studio, and he was so pleased with them that he increased the price originally stipulated . 1 844 In August , after an exceptionally busy time in London , I was tempted to revisit the

Rhine and the Moselle, so I crossed to Calais ,

to and went by diligence Dunkirk, from there through Bruges and Malines , making a number of sketches at both places, to Cologne, and then f up the Rhine by steamer to Coblenz . A ter staying there for a few days I started in a very a small ste mer up the Moselle, and landed at Carden on a lovely evening. The next morning I proceeded 92 WILLIA M C ALLOW

by boat to Cochem , where I remained for several

of k days Sketching . The proprietor the hotel spo e

o ut French , and very obligingly walked with me

of to point out the principal objects interest,

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including Schloss Elz . I next went to Trarbach ,

S r a secluded pot with no t avellers , and with few

of means comm unication with other places . I made a number of sketches in this charmingly

u i pict resque old town , and on rev siting Trarbach ,

n seventeen years afterwards , I lear t that about

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of U In spite of the rapidity the pper Moselle , a boat started for Thionville, in which I took a place ;

n but the current bei g unusually swift, it was unable

an d to reach that place, so I landed took the coach

for to Paris , where I stayed a week with my brother John , and then returned to London . In these years a great difﬁculty was experienced in leaving France . It was absolutely necessary to have a passport, and one had to attend the Bureau

’ of de Passeport, where full particulars one s height, colour of the eyes , length of nose, etc . , were care had fully noted . The passport afterwards to be presented at the British Embassy to be viseed by the Ambassador, which took three days , and for which a charge of ﬁve francs was made . It had also to be countersigned and registered at the port on o f quitting France. One the earliest which I possess is quite a curiosity . The year 1 845 was one of considerable moment

on e to me, for I became engaged to of my pupils ,

Miss Harriet Anne Smart, a niece of Sir George

’ Smart, the Queen s organist, and sister to Henry

Smart, the organist and composer. She was also a clever musician, being an excellent pianist and

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vocalist, and was besides a good linguist . At the wish of her relations we waited a year before being married . During the summer I made a sketching tour in Holland . I went by steamer to Rotterdam , and

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then to The Hague, where I made the acquaintance of a gentleman , who obtained for me an invitation to an evening party at the house of a Dutch family . ff It was rather a formal but interesting a air, with music and conversation, the latter being in French .

From The Hague I visited Scheveningen , where I obtained some good sketches of Dutch ﬁ shing 96 WILLIAM CALLOW

f boats, and then proceeded by diligence to Del t,

l . Leyden , and Haar em These places were exceed in l g y dull, there being very few people to be seen

- in the streets, and at the last named town I was the only traveller at the hotel, where I dined alone in a room capable of holding ﬁve hundred persons .

I next took up my quarters at Amsterdam, which was more lively , as it was fair time and there were plenty of amusements , besides , I had an Opportunity

’ o f seeing Rembrandt s glorious paintings . I afterwards had a most interesting trip by steamer through the canals to Antwerp, and from there I returned to England .

I had in my younger days been a great smoker, but when I commenced to receive lady pupils I could only indulge in a pipe during the evenings, and now on the approach of my marriage I decided to give up the habit entirely. I practically ceased smoking from this date, and have never resumed it.

S 1 846 In the pring of the following year, , I was busily superintending alterations and the decoration of my house in Charlotte Street previous to my marriage with Miss Smart, which ceremony took

’ place at St. Margaret s Church , Westminster, in the presence of a large number of relations and friends .

on We started our honeymoon to Ramsgate, and

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o f the open air. The scenery the Alps from u Innsbr ck is charming, and we especially enjoyed the view looking down the winding river from the

ld is bridge by moonlight. The o city of Trent al so beautifully situated, and I found many subjects there for my pencil . We next proceeded to the

of old beautiful city Verona, with its picturesque

- buildings and its wonderful market place . To my mind it ranks next to Venice in point of interes t . The market-place was a great source of interest to us Italian ladies with black veils wandering about and makin g pur chases at the stal ls covered with huge white umbrellas made an animated scene.

From Verona we went to Vicenza, where we took the train to Venice, and rowed up the Grand

Canal to Hotel Europa late in the evening. The calm and quietude were heavenly afte r several

’ weeks of tr avelling by diligence and rail . The city at this period belonged to Austria, and Austrian soldiers were to be seen everywhere . The Austrians and Venetians kept quite apart ; each

cafes o n of had their separate either side the Piazza.

of . Still it was Venice, the same as old On our return journey we arrived at F luel en in torrents of rain found the ch urch surrounded by IN LONDON 99

o ur water, and were obliged to enter hotel by means

of . on o u r l planks Lucerne was also ﬂooded arriva , and we were unable to go to the Schwan Hotel ,

on where I stayed on my previous visit, account of the lower part of the house being under water. We arrived home on the 1 2th September after an enjoyable trip, which was, however, to some

’ extent marred by my wife s delicate health . I now settled down to serious work both in

’ teaching and making dr awings for the Old Society s

’ f - Exhibitions , and owing to my wi e s ill health our gaieties were few . Amongst my pupils were Mr . Owen Stanley and his sister ; their father was the

Bishop of Norwich, and President of the Linnean

d e Society . I often attende meetings and soiré s at his house in connection with the Society, which were deeply interesting to me .

o ff In 1 847 I paid a visit t Mr . Geo rey Windus at To ttenham to see his remarkable collection of

Turner drawings , in addition to other beautiful paintings which adorned the walls of his rooms . I was so much impressed with the loveliness of Turner’ s work that I can even now recall them

’ Th a to my memory. e s les at the Old Society s

Exhibition , for the ﬁrst time since my election in 1 838 , were very bad , which caused me much dis 1 00 WILLIAM CALLOW

appointment, but fortunately I was most success w ful ith my teaching, having almost more pupils l than I was ab e to properly superintend . I also

painted a few small pictures in oils , which I sent

to the British Institution in the following year, and continued to do so annually until the Exhibitions

1 848 disa were discontinued . In I was again p

in pointed the sales at the Old Society , but this was fully compensated for by the good news which

Bentley brought to me one evening, announcing that I had been elected a full m ember of the

Society of Painters in Water Colours . The great ambition of my life was now attained . How proud was I to think that for the future I was to be in cluded in a body of celebrated men to whom as a bo y I had looked up with an admir ation approaching

o f to awe, and to belong to the Society and home

- water colour paintings . I wonder how many of the younger generation have appreciated the honour of membership of this famous Society to the same degree as I have done, and still continue to do . In the autumn of this year my wife and I made a tour to Tewkesbury, Worcester, and Hereford, at which places I found plenty of subjects to

” sketch . A small painting of a view in the ﬁ rst named town was purchased at the Old Society ’s

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who tion . Copley Fielding, always contributed many drawings, felt that the proposal was levelled at him , and was much pained by it. He appealed

u to William H nt, the fruit and ﬂower painter, for his opinion . The latter, who was of small stature and slightly deformed, and who had a very gentle manner, said that he should be sorry not to be able to send any number of drawings he might be able to paint, without limit. Whereupon Evans had withdrew his motion , and added that he no intention of hurting the feelings of the President or of any of the members . I rarely saw David

“ on -u Cox, except touching p days, as he was then living in Birmingham . He was a very j ovial fellow . In the Gallery Cox once remarked that he had never received a hundred guineas for any

on e . drawing He was overheard by a stranger,

“ Y ou S who, addressing Cox, said, hall not state

ou for that again, for I will give y that amount

” the picture hanging on the wall . It was the

- “ - - well known Welsh Funeral at Bettws y Coed . At on e of the Exhibitions a bright drawing of

o n mine, full of Italian sunshine, was placed the line next to another by Peter D e Wint, which , although very powerful in colour, was dark in tone. He considered that mine placed his at a

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disadvantage, and suggested to me that I should subdue my drawing by placing a warm tint all over it. Needless to say my brother artists

of advised me to take no notice the suggestion ,

o ut which , if it had been carried , would have ruined my work . It was about this period that a gentleman called upon me one day, and inquired if I could make a

’ - drawing of a bird s eye view of Dover. As I knew f the town well, I replied in the a ﬁrmative . He then desired to know if I could also do another of

r the Py amids . At ﬁrst I expressed a doubt, but when he offered to supply me with a map of the

to Nile I consented do my best, and he gave me a commission for the two drawings . When they were ready the gentleman called again and took

of them away . The matter passed out my mind

on until some weeks afterwards, looking at a copy o f Illu str ated L on don News the , I saw a print of

of a ﬂying machine passing over my view Dover , and a second print of the machine arriving at the

Pyramids . In 1 849 I made a sketching tour in the west of

Scotland , arriving at Glasgow whilst the Queen

and Prince Albert were there, and afterwards

visiting the Kyles of Bute and Inveraray, where 1 04 WILLIAM CA LLOW my wife and I stayed for a month in most primitive but comfortable quarters, being waited upon by a maid without shoes or stockings . During the next year I was much occupied in oil

V of painting, sending A iew Bologna and The

” Tron at e g , Glasgow, to the British Institution, and ” Nuremberg and “ Fecamp (a water -colour) to the Royal Academy . I also contributed twenty drawings to the Old Society, and was fortunate in selling all of them . It was a rule of the Society at this time that the price of the drawings should

l ex en not inc ude frames , which were much more p had sive than they are now, and purchasers the

r m Option of buying the drawings framed o unfra ed .

In the earlier days, prior to my election, the

Society, in order to induce members to make large and important drawings, provided frames and plate glass complete in which members might place

. n ot their works This system did answer for long, and soon after I became an Associate it was given

for up . A lottery was held the remaining frames , and I was successful in gaining one of them . The

Society held a very high position in those days .

on The Exhibitions were well attended, and private

r view days the galle y was crowded, visitors even waiting outside before the doors were opened in

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- Ellison Collection of Water Colour Drawings , now in the Victoria and Albert Museum . 1 852 I was present at the Gallery, in , when

Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their two

of eldest children, accompanied by the Duchess

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Cambridge, visited it . Each member had the honour of being separately presented to the Royal f Family. The Queen, a ter looking round the

“ l Y o u ga lery, graciously came up to me and said,

. . of ou are, I think, Mr Callow I have heard y

Clem en tin e of from the Princess , and your teaching

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’ drawing to the members o f King Louis Philippe s

” family in Paris . Her Majesty also inquired if I was settled in England, and asked me many questions relative to my painting . Prince Albert also had a long conversation with m e respecting art, and wanted to know whether the drawings

n ot would be improved by white mounts, when I explained that the drawings were framed close

o f up, in accordance with the rules the Society, to prove that they could stand the gilt as well as oil paintings . Both the Queen and the Prince purchased one of my drawings, and out of the twenty which I contributed to this Exhibition I was fortunate in selling nineteen .

u In August we made a to r in Germany, starting

Dii s seldorf from Cologne to , where an Exhibition was being held ; to Hanover, where I made

of R athhaus sketches the ; to Brunswick, seeing the tombs of the reigning family, where an atten dant placed in my hands the dried heart of the Duke who lost his life in trying to rescue some lions during an inundation ; and then to Leipsic ,

’ a where we saw B ch s monument, and to Dresden with its numerous museums . We travelled home by Cassel and Frankfort. After the Revolution o f 1 848 King Louis 1 08 WILLI AM C A LLOW Philippe and his family were obliged to ﬂee from

France. They took up their residence in exile at h Claremont, near Esher, whic Queen Victoria had

of placed at their disposal . In the beginning the year 1 853 I was summoned to Claremont to renew the drawing lessons to the Prince de Joinville and l m i the Princess C e ent n e. On arriving there the

Queen, Marie Amelie, seized both my hands and

began speaking to me in broken English , but she was reminded by her son that I Spoke French

Il un ﬂuently, when she exclaimed, me fait plaisir

" a l e b on de vous voir. Ah c me rappelle vieux

temps . Both my pupils had married since I last

saw them in Paris . The Princess had become the

of - Duchess Saxe Coburg, and the Prince de Joinville with pride showed me his children, mounting them on chairs to do so . The drawing lessons continued

u until the spring, when the Princess ret rned to

Germany. In the early autumn I visited Richmond in

Yorkshire, and made numerous excursions for the purpose of sketching , and afterwards went to

Manchester to see the Art Treasures Exhibition, t and then to Chester, a deligh fully interesting city, with endless new obj ects for my pencil . In the 1 854 next year, , I made a tour in Normandy,

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N N ’ LO DO did not suit my wife s health, and for some years we had been in the habit of taking apartments from time to time at Reigate and other

u or places, I travelling p to town two three times

con a week to give my lessons . We, however, s idered that it would be much more satisfactory to

of o ur ow n have a cottage in the country , so on one dark November morning my brother John and I

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t in Great Mis senden parish . We lef Euston

’ Six l Station at o clock, trave ling third class in a

s o r o f tr uck without seat covering any description , t and af er a tedious journey, the train being shunted into sidings several times to allow fast ones to pass, we reached Berkhampstead ; from there we walked ten miles through Chesham to

n on Great Missenden. We fou d the cottage the t o of on e r p the Chiltern Hills , mile and a half f om

l . the vi lage It was a most rural spot, far away from civilisation , and there was a good orchard

s old and three ﬁeld , with some beautiful trees, attached to the cottage. The place with its surroundings appealed to me so greatly that I at once entered into preliminary arrangements with

r Af n the owner fo the purchase of it. ter havi g some tea at a small inn close by , my brother and I walked back to Berkhampstead and took a slow

r f t ain back to London, arriving home very tired a ter

. 1 855 a long day Early in the following spring, , I completed the purchase of the property, and we

of went down to take possession it, arriving in deep sn ow . We were greatly surprised to hear the church bells ringing , which we soon learnt was

to done to welcome us the neighbourhood . Of

course this meant a silver key to the rin gers .

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Professorship of drawing at the Military Academy

ddiscomb e at A had become vacant, but being too much occupied to undertake the duties myself, I advised my brother John to apply for the past .

He was successful in obtaining it, and continued to hold it until the Academy was removed to

Woolwich , when he retired and accepted a commutation . A few years later he was given a similar position at Woolwich , and after a time a military professor was appointed in his place and he received a further commutation . 1 856 In the next year, , we made a charming trip , accompanied by friends, to Tours and Nantes, and thence down beside the river Loire to Blois . In

to the following year we went Scotland, visiting l Edinburgh , Stirling, and Aberdeen , where

of sketched the Brig Balgownie. In the autumn a dinner took place in commemoration of the ﬁftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Old Water

Colour Society, but owing to a dense fog I was unable to attend it. In February 1 858 I went up to town to attend

of a meeting the Old Society, at which John Lewis, who had succeeded COpley Fielding in the ofﬁce o f

President, resigned all connection with the Society . He was anxiou s to become associated with the Royal

’ 1 91 secti on taken 1 0 1 7 n iches (31 26 1 01; x 5 x }

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l Academy, and in accordance with its ru es at that time no candidate belonging to any other Society of painters was eligible for election . Lewis was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy twelve months later. In the summer we went to Leeds to be pres ent at the inauguration of the great organ in the Town Hall ; it had been designed by my

-in - brother law, Henry Smart, and he gave a magniﬁcent performance upon it. Afterwards we paid a visit to friends in Lincolnshire, and later proceeded to Richmond in Yorkshire, where we greatly enjoyed some exquisite drives in the

d . Z on neighbourhoo Lady etland, learning that I a l was st ying near by, invited me to Aske Hal , and I received a commission from her for several drawings . On our return to town I found it necessary to

ae consult Mr. C sar Hawkins , the celebrated

u on s rgeon , about a small wen my cheek, and he i adv sed an operation , which took place under chloroform a few days later. As the wound healed but slowly I was obliged to wear a bandage over it,

of and was ordered to Folkestone for a change air . Whils t there I received a letter from Lady Anthony de Rothschild requesting me to give some lessons in drawing to her and her youngest daughter at 1 1 6 WILLIAM CALLOW

d A ston Clinton . I accordingly returne home and presented myself for the ﬁrst lesson , when Lady Rothschild informed me that I should be taken for a Crimean hero on account of the bandage over my cheek. Shortly afterwards I was asked to visit Mentmore to give lessons to the Baroness Meyer

for . de Rothschild, which I did some time In the 1 859 spring of the next year, , my wife and I ,

of accompanied by two nieces, daughters Henry

Smart, went to a ball at Mentmore, where I met

Clem en tin e. my old pupil , the Princess It was a

ff o ut most gorgeous a air, everything being carried in royal style, and our party did not arrive home

A . M . until , to the accompaniment of the singing o f birds .

Having now passed ﬁve years at the cottage, we had become greatly attached to the place ; besides, my wife’ s health had considerably improved in the bracing atmosphere. She was greatly interested

of in the welfare the cottagers, who were sadly ignorant, being unable either to read or write. All the women , girls, and boys were occupied in straw plaiting, and the only school was kept by a m dame, who taught nothing but plaiting , so y wife started a small school for the beneﬁt of the women and girls, she herself at ﬁrst teaching them reading

1 1 8 WILLI AM CA LLOW Missenden I still kept on the house in Charlotte 1 86 0 w Street, where I gave my lessons until , hen we changed into another residence in Osnaburgh

’ Terrace , near Regent s Park . At the Old Society’ s Exhibition in this year

r Ti e Times specially praised my drawings , stating, It is long since we have seen any work of William Callow as impressive and ﬁnely conceived as his

’ ‘ Castle of the Wartburg as picturesque as

’ his ‘ Old Houses at Brunswick or as placid and serene as his ‘ S ummer Evening on the Avon ’ at Evesham The Queen and Prince b Consort, accompanied ythe Princess Alice, visited

al out the Exhibition, and I was speci ly sought for

’ “ of notice . Holman Hunt s painting Finding the Saviour in the Temple ” was exhibited in Bond

Street at this time, and caused considerable sen sation . The model for the ﬁgure of our Saviour was young Mr. Cyril Flower, who afterwards married Sir Anthony de Rothschild ’ s eldest daughter, and became Lord Battersea .

’ My wife s mother, Mrs . Smart, whose health had been failing for some time, died at Watford ,

on 9th J where she was staying, the of uly, and, in accordance with a wish which she had expressed , Henry Smart and I made arrangements for her AT GR EAT MISSENDEN 1 1 9

burial at Great Missenden . At the funeral an unfortunate accident occurred ; the hill down to the churchyard being very steep , and there being

S for but little pace carriages to turn, the ﬁrst mourning coach , in which Henry Smart and myself were seated, upset at the church door . We were,

o ut th e S however, hauled through window, haken , but unhurt . In the autumn we took a trip from Coblenz up the Moselle, going over nearly the same route 1 844 as I did alone in , and I was horriﬁed to ﬁnd that Trarbach was an entirely new place with bright green doors and brass knockers . Old

old Trarbach , with its picturesque streets , houses,

old and the beautiful tower, had disappeared , being

ﬁr e S t destroyed by hor ly after my visit . The sketches which I then made consequently became very valuable to me . In June 1 86 1 we took up our residence in our

“ ” on new house, which we named The Firs, account of the number of ﬁr trees surrounding it. It is situated midway between the villages of Great

Missenden and Lee, so we attended the churches of both parishes for worship . At this time the church at the former place had pews in the galleries li very ke boxes in a theatre, and the service was 1 20 WILLIAM CA LLOW

n o most primitive. There was choir, and the music consisted of a clarionet and a violin . The tuning up of the latter was a most wonderful performance .

“ One hymn was a particular favourite , Travelling through the wilderness . This line was repeated so frequently that we often wondered if the wilder ness would ever be got through . A few years later matters improved, and an organ was acquired .

The church , however, was in a very dilapidated state, and there being no vestry, the clergyman was obliged to put on his gown at the reading-desk before ascending the pulpit to preach . Later my wife made an appeal for money, and got up a bazaar in order to supply funds for erecting a new

. o u r building Plans were designed by friend , Mr.

e o ur Augustus Fr re, who had built house, but the Bishop of Oxford (Wilberforce) disapproved o f them, and wanted the matter to be placed in the

o f hands the diocesan architect. To this we

ﬁr e objected , and for a time the project hung , but eventually the Bishop, ﬁnding that we were

’ obdurate, gave his consent to Mr . Frere s plans . Some years afterwards I m et Bishop Wilberforce u at a déje ner. He was extremely civil and full of good stories . I well remember in the year 1 86 2 going to hear

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Charles Dickens give a reading of his Chr istmas

Car ol. It was most impressive . Suddenly covering his face with his hands at a most affec ting part, he reduced all his audience to tears . I was never so touched by any reading as that of Dickens , which was distinguished by a great simplicity of

In the following year I attended a grand reception given in honour of Grant and Speke for

of of their discovery the source the Nile, at the

of rooms the Royal Geographical Society, of which

m an d I was a fellow. The roo s were crowded, the enthusiasm of those outside the building was so great that a number of windows were broken in ° ’ He S the endeavour to hear Speke s lecture . poke - until past midnight, his audience being spell bound .

I enjoyed it immensely. Ever since my boyhood ,

’ when I had read Denham and Clappert on s Tr avels to Timbuctoo , I had been always greatly interested with everything connected with the dark continent of Africa.

of After the death the Prince Consort , which had recently occurred, I thought that some drawings of

R heinhardtsb run n Coburg, , and other royal palaces with which he had been connected would be of interest to the public, so I wrote to the Duchess 1 6 1 22 WILLIA M CALLOW

- Augustus of Saxe Coburg, formerly my pupil ,

m en tin e Princess Cle , asking her to obtain per

FA S IM I L OF OTES MAD B Y V I TOR IA C E N E Q UEEN C .

for S She mission me to ketch at these places, which i read ly obtained . In August 1 86 3 we arrived at Coburg and p ut up at the G rii n er Baum Hotel

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on left my card at the Palace, and the same even ing I received a command to go there the next morning. I was welcomed by the Duke and

Duchess and their daughters , to whom I showed my sketches . The Duchess requested me to leave

She them with her, as was going to Rosenau to see Queen Victoria, who had arrived there, and on the next day I was commanded by the Queen to

’ present myself at the Chateau at eleven o clock on

n the following morni g. I accordingly went, and found the Queen under a tent in the garden. I was duly presented, but Her Majesty graciously said, I

” remember Mr. Callow perfectly. After looking

S through my ketches, and expressing her admira

for of of tion them, the Queen told me a number places of interest which I ought to visit and sketch . I ventured to tell Her Majesty that I

S did not peak German, and I was afraid that I should n ot remembe r the names which she had

u ff mentioned, where pon she graciously o ered to

of make a note them for me, and taking two half

S n - heets of deep mour ing paper, wrote down the names . These two pieces of notepaper I have always cherished in recollection of this very pleas ing interview which I had with the Queen . Shortly afterwards the Crown Prince an d AT GR EA T MISSENDEN 1 25

Princess of Prussia arrived at Coburg on a visit to the D uke and Duchess, and I received another command to take my Sketches to the Palace for inspection . The Pr ince and Princess received

l f S me most kind y, and a ter admiring my ketches

R HEINHA R DTSB R UNN.

and talking on various subjects , the Princess gave me an invitation to Potsdam, which was warmly

. supported by the Prince , who said , Do come, Mr

S Callow, and the Princess will how you all there is

” , to be seen . I accepted the invitation and was informed that quarters would be reserved for me at the Einsiedler Hotel . 1 26 WILLI AM CA LLOW

On leaving Coburg we visited R heinhardtsb ru n n and Gotha, making numerous sketches at both

the places . From latter town we took the railway

the to Potsdam, and went to hotel, as previously

of arranged . I at once informed the Princess my arrival at Potsdam , and received a command to be

A M . at the Palace at 8 . . on the following morning

This necessitated an early rising, as the Palace was

’ half an hour s drive from the hotel . On my reaching the Palace I was told by a footman

on e that I was minute late, and on being conducted i nto the presence of the Princess I found her waiting for me, and I apologised for the delay.

We then proceeded to look for a subject to sketch ,

on e and found a suitable just outside the grounds . We had not been working long before a lady-in waiting came and informed the Princess that

S breakfast was ready. They left me busy ketching and returned to the Palace . Presently a man

n of servant brought me my breakfast, co sisting

ff . cutlets , claret, co ee, etc , on a tray, and at the same time stated that Her Royal Highness

’ desired me to dine with her at three o clock . He told me that it was n ecessary to put an evening dress , but on my explaining that my clothes were at the hotel and that there would be no time to go

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- on e of followed, laden with sketch books , etc . , and the ladies punted to the island . On reaching it they landed , and the last one hastily pushed the punt back into the river, and they all walked away

n the laughing merrily, leavi g me standing up in f punt with my arms full o impedimenta . There was nothing for it but to put down my burden and to punt to the bank . Eventually I landed and caught up the Princess and her ladies . In the evening I was driven back to the hotel, accompanied by the

f of Countess Bruhl, who bore a gi t some ﬂowers from the Princess to my wife, also an invitation for to al on her to go the P ace the next day . Being a wet morning we drove in a closed carriage to the Palace, and were received by the

r P incess in the Marble Hall . Her three children were brought, in charge of an English nurse, for us

of to see. The present Emperor Germany was then

bo o f only a y f four years o age . As the weather was so inclement the Princess suggested that we should

o f make some sketches in the interior the Palace . I made a small coloured drawin g of a view looking through a long suite of reception rooms , and the

F or Princess completed it by adding a ﬁgure . this purpose one of her ladies -in -waiting posed as a

S of model, wearing a imilar style dress to that

S K ETC H IN F I G U R E A DDED BY GER MANY ( 1 86 3)

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the Princess herself had worn on the occasion of a ball given in commemoration of the centenary of

the building o f the Palace . This drawing I have

carefully preserved (see Illustration) . Whilst we were at the Palace the King arrived

3 P. M . there in great state for dinner at , the ladies had being all in full evening dress . We an

o excellent view f the whole ceremony. During these visits the Crown Prince was most

S genial and friendly. He howed me his private

rooms, which were furnished with the greatest

- simplicity. Beside the writing table in his study

l t o was a seat in the form of a sadd e, so that he sat write as if he were on horseback . There was a. large number o f photographs of the Princess in his

o ut on e rooms, and the Prince pointed to me the

s which he considered to be the most plea ing . We left Potsdam on the day after o ur last visit to the Palace, and went on to Berlin , as the Princess had requested me to attend at her pal ace there on the foll owing morning. On my arrival I learn t that there had been a review of the troops by the King, at which the Princess had been

to present, and had become wet the skin owing to a heavy rain . On this occasion Her Royal Highness presented me with a breakfast service of 1 7 1 30 WILLI AM CA LLOW

Royal Berlin porcelain in blue and gold, decorated with views of the various royal palaces . The Princess also informed me that if I went to the Royal Palace I should obtain an audience with

of the King . I explained that owing to my want knowledge of the German language I was afraid I Should experience a difﬁculty in obtaining admit

Sh e on e of tance, whereupon instructed her servants who understood English to accompany me. On reaching the Palace I found the place in a state o f

S - commotion . I was hown into an ante room , where

Hohen l oe Count came to see me. I informed him that I had been sent by the Princess to have an audience with the King, when the Count explained

was that it impossible for this to take place then , as the King was receiving all the ofﬁcers who had taken part in the Review, and the Count promised that a message Should be sent to me at my hotel

m e later stating when the King would receive . I learnt that it was the custom after a review for all the colours t o be deposited in the Palace . In the evening an ofﬁcial called to announce that the King had gone to Babelsberg, some

out of little distance Berlin, but His Majesty would r eturn in the morning, and that a telegram would be sent announcing the time ﬁxed for the

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’ great musician , including Mendelssohn s own

daughter.

Soon after our return I sent, for the acceptance

of the Crown Princess , who was staying at

i S o f Sandr ngham, a drawing made from a ketch

Lancaster, which she had seen and admired when

in Germany . It was graciously accepted . Later I

was summoned to Windsor to submit the sketches, made whilst I was in Germany, to the Queen , and Her Majesty was so pleased with them that she gave me a commission for drawings from several of them . 1 86 4 About this time, , I succeeded in purchas

“ ing various cottages close to The Firs . These

n I had e larged and improved in various ways, in order to encourage morality and cl eanli ness amongst the labourers and to brighten up their homes . We also commenced holding

S o ur small ﬂower and vegetable hows in grounds , to induce the cottagers to take interest in their gardens . These Shows increased in Size and importance each year, until the occasion became quite a gala day . All o ur neighbours attended, and a distribution of prizes terminated d the procee ings . A bazaar was held in Paris in this year for A T GR EA T MISSENDEN 1 33

the beneﬁt of French charities , and at the request

’ of the D uchesse d A u m al e I contributed several

drawings , which , I trust, helped to increase the

funds . As we now spent most of o ur time at Great

Missenden , and I only went up to London to teach

during the season , we gave up our house in

Osnaburgh Terrace , and decided for the future only to take furnished apartments as we required

them . The ﬁrst were at Cambridge Terrace in 1 86 5 the following year, . Afterwards we took

rooms for several years in Norfolk Square . In June George Fripp resigned the post of

” Secretary to the Old Society. Several members approached me with a view to inducing me to f accept the o ﬁce, which , after much persuasion, I

n of agreed to do, and at the next general meeti g

the Society I was unanimously elected . I held D 1 870 the Secretaryship until ecember , when I resigned the post on the same evening as Frederick

Taylor gave up the Presidentship . In the autumn of 1 86 5 we paid another visit to

Venice, accompanied by Sidney Percy. He, with his wife and children , had come to reside near to us

at Great Missenden . He was a clever landscape

o f o f painter in oils, a gentle disposition and a 1 34 WILLIAM CA LLOW

retiring nature . We found them very pleasant neighbours, and a friendship sprang up between the tw o families which continued until the death of both himself and his wife .

As cholera was raging in Italy in this year, we had to undergo two fumigations before arrivin g had at Verona, and to submit to it on two more occasions before reaching Venice, where I occupied most of my time in making Sketches from a

o ld acom o gondola . I found my gondolier, J , still alive, and delighted to see me . I had employed him o n each occasion since my ﬁrst

- ﬁ v e . visit to Venice, twenty years previously We

e returned home through Switzerland, and stay d a

S S few days in Paris to how Percy the ights, as it was his ﬁrst visit to the Continent. Owing to the war between Prussia and Austria, in the following year we then conﬁned ou r travels to the north o f

d . England, and visite friends in the district My duties as Secretar y of the Old Water-Colour Society n ow necessitated my paying frequent visits to town . The Queen of Denmark, accompanied

of th e by the Prince Wales , Princess Louise, and

of M eckl enb er - Grand Duchess g Strelitz, paid a

1 86 8 S visit to the Exhibition in . I howed Her

Majesty round the gallery, but owing to her

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B ed eb u r lessons , to pay a visit at her country seat, g y ,

We arrived by the same train as Professor Owen,

S another guest, and had a plendid drive through the park to the house, where a party of about twenty was assembled, including Dr . Phelps, the

of l o f Master Sydney Sussex Co lege, and brother the famous actor. We were driven by Lady Ba ham Mildred to y Abbey, where I renewed the acquaintance of the handsome Marquis of Camden , whose sudden death occurred Shortly after the birth of his heir. On another day most of the party were driven in several carriages to Scotney Castle,

’ Mr. E . Hussey s home, where the weights of all the guests were taken and registered in a book, kept for

on e the purpose as a record of their visit. During evening Professor Owen entertained the company

W r by reading from Tennyson and illiam Mo ris , which he did splendidly. As the Sunday was wet, in the morning we all attended service in the private chapel , where Mr. A . J. Beresford Hope, M P f . l . , himse f o ﬁciated as clergyman , and in the afternoon we visited the stables . Lady Mildred generally rode in a carriage drawn by four white horses with postilions and an outrider, both in the country and in town . From about this period o u r tours abroad became A T GR EA T MISSENDEN 1 37

more frequent, and, owing to my love for Sketching the picturesque buildings to be found in the quaint

old towns, hardly a year passed without my wife and myself paying a visit to some part of the

Continent. In 1 871 we made a short trip to

Germany, visiting Bonn in order to attend the

, f Beethoven Festival and a terwards stayed at Ems .

PAW U.

From here we made numerous excursions to W Limburg, Runkel, eilburg, Giessen , Marburg, and other towns in the valley of the River Lahn for the purpose o f making sketches . Three years afterwards we made a more extended h tour t rough Germany. Starting from Cologne,

of we went to Heidelberg, where I made a sketch a wonderful sunset from the castle terrace . Next 1 8 1 38 WILLI A M C ALLOW

o we proceeded to Wurzburg, and then to Ratisb n , where we visited the Walhalla, built by Emperor

o f . William I . for the statues German generals

- Our next stopping place was Passau . The town was decorated with ﬂags and garlands in com memoration of the victory of Sedan, and alive with bands, guns, and ﬁreworks . Here we took the steamer down the Danube to Linz, the river wind ing in a most picturesque manner . After stopping

on the night at Linz we went to Salzburg, arriving

Maria fest day . Every one, in gala costume, was i exchanging greetings , and only the peasants in the r prettily quaint costumes appeared to be devout. We then turned northward and stayed at Prague

n r u ﬁ rs - and Dresden e o te for Berlin. At the t named citywewitnessed the funeral of a general ofthe army, and were profoundly impressed by the perform ance of the Dead March in Saul by combined bands f with mu ﬂed drums . Nothing could have been more

or o ur solemn grand . On arrival at hotel in Berlin I received a telegram from the Crown Princess of Germany requesting me to call at the Palace the next afternoon . I had previously commun icated to Her Royal Highness , in accordance with her

of request, my intention visiting Berlin . I was most kindly received by both the Prince and

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It was in this year that we were invited to stay a few days at Hampden House, the seat of the

of i Duke Buckinghamsh re, which had been rented ff by the Grant D u s . We occupied Queen

’ Elizabeth s bedroom , which has a charming view

R I TU N .

from the windows , looking down a wide glade

S old towards Missenden . I ketched the lovely cedars, as well as the picturesque staircase in this

s historic man ion . The views from it over the

n surroundi g country are magniﬁcent. Our host and hostess entertained us delightfully with AT GR EA T MISSENDEN 1 41

of experiences their lives in India . I again met

Count Seckendorf, who was also staying in the house . He had come to gain information in view o f of his approaching visit, with the Prince Wales, to India . In the spring o f 1 876 we made another visit t o

of Italy, travelling to Rome by way Turin, Genoa,

of and Pisa, stopping at each these interesting towns whilst I made numerous sketches . At

P en r Rome we met y Williams and Arthur Glennie, both painters , who had settled in that city .

Williams had long been a resident in Rome, as he 1 82 had been there since 7. He painted in both o il and water colours, and was for a short time an

of - Associate the Old Water Colour Society.

who Glennie, was a Member of the Old Society, and contributed regularly to its Exhibitions , had been in Rome for about twenty years . He lived

S of M ar an a on the ixth story a house in Piazza g , f and had a small garden on the roof. A ter staying for some time in Rome we afterwards vi sited

Naples and Pompeu .

u l 1 877 Our to r in the fol owing year, , was once more to lovely Venice, where I never grew tired of sketching its glorious buildings, and where

old Jac m o o . we were welcomed by our gondolier, 1 42 W ILLIANI CA LLOW

He did not recognise us at ﬁrst, but suddenly

“ exclaimed to my wife, Ah , you are the lady who

” i ain tin gave me th s, p g at the same time to a

e bright scarf which he was wearing . It had b en a 1 parting gift to him on our last visit in 86 5. He

was a most devoted servant, and used to attend to my wife with the greatest care during my absence

’ a whilst Sketching . At Jacom s earnest request we a paid a visit to his cott ge, where we found his

handsome wife and her sister engaged in bead work . In the autumn o f this year we made a short trip

along the southern coast of Devonshire, stopping

at Dartmouth , Salcombe, and Kingsbridge, where

I made numerous sketches as usual . During the years 1 879and 1 880 we again visited

Italy, going in the former year to Rome, and in

the latter to Venice, where we were once more

o ld warmly welcomed by our gondolier. It was during this visit I ﬁrst saw steamboats plying on

of the Grand Canal , much to the disgust the

o ut gondoliers , who refused to take their gondolas of of the way them , and ran a great risk of being run down . After having given instruction in drawing for more than ﬁfty years , I abandoned all teaching in 1 882 the year , much to my regret, for it had been

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In the following year, feeling my loneliness insupportable, I married again , and took my new wife to Paris to S how her all the old haunts of my early days . Afterwards we went to Switzerland, where we spent a most enjoyable time amongst the exquisite scenery of the beautiful lakes . Our return j ourney was made down the Rhine to

on Cologne, and then to Brussels, arriving there in f the midst o the municipal elections . The citizens were so excited that at midnight the soldiers had

m o to be called o ut to disperse the b . In succeeding years I conﬁned my annual tours

v to England, and isited in succession Devon and

r Cornwall, the Lake district, Yorkshi e, and the 1 892 eastern counties . In the year , however,

of having now reached eighty years age, I had a strong desire to once more visit Italy, feeling that if I were to put it off any longer I might never see i that wonderful country again . So early in Apr l I started off with my wife on my last foreign tour to bid farewell to the many picturesque old towns which had raised so much enthusiasm within me a more than half a century go . We crossed from

Dover to Calais, and travelled all night direct to

Basle. On the next day I went t o the market place and made some sketches of t he picturesque

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l fruit and ﬂower sta ls with umbrellas over them . M From Basle we proceeded to Lucerne, ilan , and

S Verona, stopping at each place to make ketches. Finally we arrived at Venice and put up at o ur old

n quarters , Hotel Europa, faci g the Grand Canal , where I had ﬁrst stayed in 1 840 and on each subsequent visit . On the evening of ou r arrival the hotel was serenaded by a party of singers in a gondola lit up by Chinese lanterns . Their i singing was charm ng, and as they rowed away, followed by hundreds of other gondolas , the

e last music b cam—e fainter and fainter until in the distance a fairy scene only to be witnessed f in Venice . A ter a fortnight of perfect enjoy

S ment, intermingled with the pleasures of ketching,

S o ur pending days chieﬂy in a gondola, and visit ing the Lido and the glorious shores of the t Adriatic, we reluctantly lef Venice, for myself at least for the last time, and proceeded to Bologna. Whilst here we witnessed a May Day meeting of Socialists . There was much disorder, and the soldiers had to be called o ut t o suppress the

o f mob . Fortunately a heavy storm rain came o n ff , which scattered the Socialists more e ectually than the Soldiers could have done . We next pro ceeded on to Naples , stopping at Ancona the way. 1 9 1 46 IVILLIAM CA LLOW

e on r It is a city b autifully situated the Ad iatic, but its inhabitants are none too cleanly or honest. At Naples we stayed at an hotel delightfullysituated opposite the public gardens and facing the Bay.

on on e At night the scene, with Vesuvius side

on and Posillipo the other, and the Bay ﬂooded l with moonlight, was indescribab y lovely . After a

of of stay a fortnight, visiting Pompeii and the Isle

Capri, and enj oying lovely drives in the neighbour hood, we left for Rome, where we revisited all the

of grand sights , and attended a battle ﬂowers in the

M ar huerita Borghese Gardens, at which Queen g was - present. Our next halting place was Florence, where we were present at the great festival of Corpus

Christi at the Duomo . We next proceeded to

Genoa, where we witnessed more cruelty to horses

o u r than in any other town in Italy, and appeals on of behalf the dumb animals were in vain .

’ aid From here we went, Domo d Ossola and the

on Simplon Pass, to Paris, stopping at Lausanne the way. The weather in Paris was intensely

u hot, so that we stayed there only long eno gh to visit an unattractive Exhibition at the Salon, and returned home to ﬁnd it so cold that we were glad of a ﬁre.

Later years have passed uneventfully, broken

AT GR EA T MISSENDEN 1 47 only by the presentation of a congratulatory address t o me by the President and Council of the Royal Water Colour Society on the occasion of my nine tieth i b rthday, and frequent visits of the President and many of my fellow-members on my subsequent

Z DIET .

’ 1 0 birthdays and New Year s Days . In 9 7 I was

“ ’ persuaded to have a One Man s Show at the

l . u Leicester Gal eries It was most successf l , and res ulted in my receiving many hundreds of letters of congratulation from all parts of England . I 1 48 WILLIAM CA LLOW

26 th b visited the Exhibition myself on the Octo er . l It was a lovely bright morning when we eft home, but after being delayed for some time by an accident on the railway, we arrived in London to

ﬁnd it enveloped in fog .

H ER E FOR D .

LIST OF PA INTINGS EX HIBITED AT THE R OY A L SOCIETY OF PA INTER S IN WA TER -COLOUR S

1 838 View of the Vign emal e lentz from the heights

m Lac du u ff . fro Ga be, of Pfa endorf E c ntran e to the Port of U O n R R hense pper Pyrenees. the hine at s ar eilles . — M Cas tle of Mark s C st a a le and Vill ge of b urg in the Dis u a ontrejea , ne r ag 1 839 M B tance . n éres de igorre, Goat B R heinfels and St . Th T w Schaﬂl e s . e Pyren e o n of m C s fro a tle Katz , on The T w use Sw . o n of ienne , on ha n , itzerland R V the hine . R s w the hone . Di tant Vie of Heidel Th e T w w R o n of Avignon, berg, ith hine 1 840

R R . on the hone . iver Montpellier from the Mayen ce on the R hine . Interior of the Port of u uc S u Th e T w u c IIav re . Aq ed t, o th of o n of L erne, on u w s m a France . the Lake ofthe Q atre Vie of Lyon fro ne r u c S a C s. Fort t. Je n and Part anton the J n tion of the S L m R hone and oane . of the Bay, Mar ake of Geneva fro w iShin - s C u c St. Lo es toftF s . seille . the h r h of g Boat T T u The Avi . Old Bridge at g Martin , Vevey ain and o rnon , on E s Cob R . ou R . non , the hone hrenbreit teinand the hone 1 49 1 50 WILLIA M CA LLOW

Cas tle and Town of 1 84 3 Ho u ses of the Fran cs Heidelberg from the Bateliers and Ch u rch is hin — ff g oat o ieppe . N T c . St c s erra e F B D of . i hola on the Citadel at Plym o uth f s St. C R hein el and Goar anal of Ghent. u t m a a o nt at en and — N St . Go rh use n M B c s . fro , Vi o Bay of aple R Catwater in the Dis S C s . hine . treet in alai c The l c m tan e . The zz oa A lée Blan he fro Pia a Fal ne , l S erona from the ld Co V O etc . m u de la eigne, fro the Q ai S ridge . S Na l . B t . uc es avoy L ia at . — Hos pital of the rim sel Lo w e s to ft F i s h i n g G Entrance to the art of K l en see s and Lake of , oat preparing to Havre . B Sw u it erland . la n ch . z s w E Di tant Vie of xeter. 1 846 S 1 84 1 treet in Bologna, look w s z S R m ing to ard the Pia za . treet in otterda ,

w s R . T u w C u c Ober e el , on the hine orq ay, looking over ith the h r h of

Pizza oa m T St . w c . Fal ne fro the orbay . La ren e

R N s . C C s T w T Villa eale, aple On the Grand anal , a tle and o n of rar N m s c m c s . aple fro Porta del Veni e , fro the ba h, on the Mo elle - C m . u c s ar ine Dogana . D t h Fi hing Boat at Gravedona, on the Lake Dort .

C m . N m c o o ieder Hei ba h , on 1 84 4 The R c . R ac ialto , Veni e the hine B h ’

c e s Cas c s c . Me a na Villa and u m ara h in the Di tan e rha . c T D An vs atella of ivoli . Cathedral of t erp Santa Sal ute and og. i s - D m R u a e d . Neapol tan Fi hing Boat c fro Port ana, eni e . -S u i s V m nr e . R . u Sc otterda Jedb rgh Abbey, ot c m R Th e R c . Veni e fro the iva ialto , Veni e land . Sc degli hiavoni . ld ridge at vignon , Entran ce to the Port O B A R . T e C s on the hone of r port, oa t of 1 842 N m or andy . W U 1 84 7 w C m etterhorn and p er Vie of o o . c Grin delwa la ier, d , Naples from the Sea G m s ter da m u t c h Sw z A D S u s it erland . nri e . Boats r unning in S ' w m C u c treet in Bologna . Stiﬂ Vie fro the h r h ree e . E s B z T u Sw hrenbreit tein , on the vard at h n , itzer zz Duomo Tren t R Pia adel , , l hine . . T and in the yr ol . E u m S s Canal dinb rgh fro ali C s m On the Grand , a a ri ani , on the u G b ry Crags . c . C c . Veni e Grand anal, Veni e C a u C s S s c h tea of Dieppe, oa t Bridge of igh , Veni e , N m . w of or andy 1 845 looking to ards the N s . C In the Bay of aple Grand anal . C s Nor C c m s R c m C s Granville, oa t of o he , on the Mo elle . i h ond a tle, York m andy . Lake of Geneva from shire . Wall en statt — n s m Lake of , Vevey Morni g . Melro e Abbey fro the m \Veser Sw z fro , it er us s T c s Tw . Old Ho e at rarba h, Bank of t—he eed . s Sc u S u s . land on the Mo elle . arboro gh nri e

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’ a R m s St. s C m Th e e ain of Mary h e r, D e pa r t en t H tel de Ville, - - m u . et C . u s . Priory, Mon o th Loire her Br ge The c s Les s c s a Bla kfriar , Here Halle , Grande Pla e, At Maline , ne r the

u s s . ford . Br ge . Fi h Market ’ - The Tron ate s w c d Arm eS C s . Th e c g , Gla go , Pla e , alai M ar k et Pla e , m C R S c u fro the orner of the iva dei hiavoni , Pad a . S c E c C u High treet. Veni e . ntran e to the o rt 11 C u c S uc ac Ponte della Paglia h r h of the anta of the D al Pal e, R Sc S u c m c iva dei hiavoni, al te , Veni e, fro Veni e

c . . Th e i s Tu Veni e the Belle Arti Pant le , nbridge The s Tu W s d e s c s s . Pantile , nbridge M a i o n Fra n ell W s— a . s The ell Morning Batelier , Ghent . H tel de Ville , o N l s R m s . Bloi , on the L ire e ain of ether Ha l, Ghent

E . E s e vening s ex . Int rior of the Port of us at Bern cas tel s s Old Ho e , Interior of the Port of Mar eille . ’

s . IIavr S t s e. . on the Mo elle M ar y H al l ,

The ui C . G ldhall , High oventry S E C s mm s e treet , xeter . a tle of Ha er t in , 1 852 IV Lee m c . ater Mill at , near fro Anderna h - — - l a u n . lfr combe . Frankfort o the Mai e Palazzo Barbariga (the C St. R S c hapel of Jean at iva dei hiavoni, R s c T e iden e of itian) , c . Orleans . Veni e c . Veni e Cha el C Looking into the Grand of the Holy On the Grand anal, oad u s . c . B , Br ge Veni e Place at Lil le from c du T the Pla e heatre . 1 853 s a w R ss Di t nt Vie of o , 1 854 W The u S e . ss on the y B rg tra e, Han ’ w Abb E OVOI . Gate a ofBattl e e G ran d n t ran c e y y,

u s m c u The R c . S uss . to H r t o n ea x ialto , Veni e ex m C st S uss . C u c San s Sw a le, ex h r h of Giovanni Ba le, itzerland , fro

San w . A be rgav en n y, M o n and Paolo ith the Bridge m o u t h s h i r e Th e u m C the Mon ent of On the Grand anal ,

u Coll eon e . c Holy Mo ntain in the Veni e, looking to s C e l w s Pasc Di tan ce . athedral of Abb vil e ard the ari

s w N m c c . Di tant Vie of aples fro the Grand Pla e . Pala e —E u c m E s S C est arly Morning. Mo nt Blan fro a tgate treet, h er C a ’ — m E u d Ambois e C m u . u u . h tea , on ha o ny A t nal vening

. The N w w s R i the Loire ie e Kerk on the Ober e el , on the h ne, The Dam m s m w C s Belfry at Ghent, , A terda . ith the a tle of

m c au Th e S Sc m e . fro the Mar hé H igh treet, ho b rg

. c . c Grain Lin oln Veni e. ’ The S B ow C u c d Armes . tone , High Interior of the o rt of La Pla e , Lille S c W u s m Gar treet, Lin oln . the artb rg, the Dre den fro the ’ C c u s Con s s Part of the athedral, Pla e of L ther den of the Japane e

b . ﬁ n emen t 1 521 c Ab eville in . Pala e . C s i Th e c Th e R — us a tle and V llage of M ar k et P la e , ath Ha , on the R c E s c . c . Mont i hard , on the i ena h Market Pla e, Leipzig LIST OF PAINTINGS 1 53

s . San c R ue St . i C Orlean Giorgio , Veni e . P erre, aen . ’ ’

The Ca s C s St . T m d Oro de Veni e a tle of Angelo, rent fro the Bank m R m fro the Foot of the o e . of the Adige .

R . C w Balla io ialto anal at Ghent, ith gg , Lago di

The C s m C u St . C m a tle of Katz fro the h rch of o o .

St. N c s The Tr n w Goar on R . . o ate s , the hine i hola g , Gla go . b m C ss R l t c i l Heidel erg fro above ro ing the ia o , An ien Port de la V l e,

. c . u s the Bridge Veni e Br ge . us s N l as c m i c C u Old Ho e in orth Pal azzo F ari fro Goodr h o rt, on the W S C s e Arti Ven ice . e. gate treet, he ter the B lle , y

T T u Th e 1 z u . u C s S uss ain and o rnon, on P az a at Pad a Ar ndel a tle, ex . R S u m the hone . A treet in Verona. D rha .

m Th e E u . The C a a ce Fro the Ponte della Belfry at vre x ont rini P la , C s l c c . c s . Pieta , Veni e or o Fran e e, Mi an. Veni e C u c San E S u C Sc u h r h of Pietro , vening at tton anal ene , L ce rne . - C m c . c o o . Valen e An ient Manor Hous e The Breitewe Donn e C s e g at Mag a tle—. near the Abbey Gat , deb ur . E C l Su s . n ow t e g ton ol ege n et Malvern , m m o Foscari c us . . Fr the Pala e, Old Ho e at Ghent oved Th C Portlade a c . e ss . Veni e Market ro at , ne r Brighton ’ ’ S s Th Ca Or s u . e o c . Neapol itan Fi h in g ali b ry d , Veni e a s a w Tewkes Bo ts . Di t nt Vie at

The is . u F h Market, Ghent b ry . ’ The Dom T s C e 1 857 Platz, Frank ell hap l, Lake of

. u C s . fort the Fo r anton u u c R w o ble t her o , S u s D B Foregate treet, o t ide S hrews b ury . 1 855 W l s C s e the al , he t r . u c k i n gh a m s h i re A B ~ d C Lan e S un set . On the Gran anal , from the Leon e Bian co C , 1 856 On the Grand anal ,

n c c . Ve i e . Veni e

St . S H u . u u C . C u c St. u s h r h of Pierre, y, on the Me e a ve r, aen

The San ta Sal ute Ven ice. c . Caen . , Veni e

Sc Elz . c R . u s s ss Mayen e , on the hine Old Ho e on the hlo - a Th D R . i . e om Kirche at hone at Geneva H tel de Ville , L lle W u u m Th e a " l The C s R rzb rg fro the H te de Vi le, a tle at hein

urin ru ss s . s . Bridge , d g the B el fel ' C s t W ws R ue ss Fair . lo e Ga e and ido de la Gro—e Hor The u T w C S s u . R u Old Fe dal o n ollege, ali b ry loge , o en Morn ’ wese W s C m . of Ober l , on the erner hapel fro ing R c E m hine . the Inn Yard , Ba har x ete r fr o th e

h ws . Cas teln uovo from the ac . Meado

M010 c The e l Il R o R m . , Veni e . B ar and Bil et Inn , Ponte ott , o e

C u c S C s e . s . Lutheran h r h at Bridge treet, he t r Naple

c c The R i c . San i ce . Ba hara h , on the alto, Veni e Giorg o , Veni

W m u . c s . R hine . in he ter Lyn o th , Devon On du T r The S ss u R s the Place heat e, Markt tra e and Q ai d e o a ire , - l R us . u s. Li le . ath Ha , Hanover Br ge 1 54 l VILLIAM CALLOW

’ On the Bridge at Bas le . 1 859 A Summer s Eveni n g on

R hi n e at C . E s m On the ologne the Avon , at ve ha . S u m u o i . z S r, on the L re The c Piaz a dei ignori, a Dogana , Veni e . i z . P a a rande, ologna Verona. z G B — s m BOW) “ bbey Sun et. Venice fro the Dogana . A 23 33 Of St. G . E s othard 1 86 1 hrenbreit tein . ’ C s T w C o n i s b o r o C s a tle and o n of a tl e, St . c R i c m ks i . s h ond , or h re Mont Mi hel, Nor York hire . Y uc c c m . al Pala e , eni e andy n the Lago aggiore . D V O M Dom s s W urzb ur E . arly Morning — Ga e , g Ti m . Hotel de w . air e Ville , Ant erp F ’ m R s 1 858 Old Bridge at Nare obin Hood Bay, York

s C s . berg . hire oa t

Th e e a c . Pia tt , eni e zz V c au C N s . ’ Pla e hange , ante I l oo e own on oa s — ’ d d b w S ul s k t nt erp t. Pa . A R u s St. s an d ar s on mas s sai ls in of Benet b k ; t , , Stirling Cas tle from the flags ; on groups of busy a w c . Abbey, ne r Nor i h ws sai l o s wo ki ng at th e . r r Meado R ue ss de la Gro e goes of the es sel s us u v ld Ho e on the Q ay i e ua s w h O R u . s re n i Horloge , o en W d q y t W t s al es cas s merch an i ze of at aline . b , k , d M . On the Adige, Verona m an la nds on reat shi s San i i c y , g p , G org o , Veni e . T m s T e ple of Ve ta , ivoli lyi ng near at h an d i n stately T u —E h n arly Morning . S s R i n dol en ce on i sl an ds cro wn ed tolzenfel , onthe hine n the ld Walls of With gorgeous domes and O O C c . Grand anal , Veni e u e s an d wh ere ol en t rr t , g d ac harach . - - - B ou the . c oss es gl i te ed i n th e l i gh Frankfort Maine r t r t, Th e Le aning Towers of a-top of wo ndrous ch urch es s i n i n from th e sea om pr g g , g g Bologna . 1 860 down u pon th e margi n of th e Th e W G ater ate, Hon reen s ea oll i n o n efo e g , r g b r E th e oo an d fi ll i n all th e fl u s n . d g e r . hrenbreit tei r ’ s treets I cam e u pon a place of w . S . s C u c u s c t r n i k ' Margaret h r h, B s uch sui pass mg beau ty and

. ac St . Pharai l de s ch ran eu th a all th e res Gotha Pl e , u g d r t t was poo an d fad ed i n com . r Venic e . Ghent pari son Wi th its absorbi ng The u - us Cob R c Ka f Ha , Market Day at i h l ovel i n ess It was a great m i azza as I h ou h an ch o e . s . g d lentz ond , York hire P , t t, r l i e th e es i n th e d eep R u m s c m R k r t o en , fro the ank Veni e fro the ialto - B ocean . A n Ital ian Dream — , S . of the eine . Morning b y Ch arl es Di ckens

The C C s m u C s . athedral , hartre Mon o th a tle — ’ T w Es Th e R St . . S unrise . ivoli ith Villa d te hine at Goar

C sc Th e s C . Verona Th e Piazza and the a atelle . Mo elle at oblenz W C c m s E Th e u The . delle rbe . artb rg o he , on the Mo elle ’ S c u s Im R Sc Geneva . ene of L ther iva dei hiavoni ,

The K ee C st R s 1l s m . c . r, a le i i g pri on ent Veni e S s Norfolk A utumn Afternoon (from treet in Inn bruc k . N u G r av e d o n n a On the Adige , Verona . at re) . La k e

The R c 11 e R C m . ialto , Veni e . Pont otto , on the o o T n c R m . . Brighton Bea h . iber, o e Martig y '

Schaﬂhau c r m Th e C u c St. Above sen . Veni e f o the Dogana . h r h of

C s T w o i Cal ais c . a tle and o n of H tel de V lle , . Mi hael , Ghent

uc c C u is w i co . Bea aire , on the Goodri h o rt and D tant Vie of L n ln

R W . On uc . . C s e s hone a tle, on the y the Inn , Inn br k

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W Le e E c Su t Market Morning at ater Mill at , near ntran e to t on Pool, C u l ac m m u ob rg. lfr o be . Ply o th . ’ c ishin - oﬂ ow s Lo hgoilhead , Argyll F g Boat L e ’ s . tof Wi nter hire c. Old House at Tewkes Mai s on des Fran cs Bat T S c s . hree ket he , Abroad u . el iers b ry , Ghent. Old Prior at Great S wsb u . Pride Hill , hre ry Yarm outy Interior of R ichm ond 1 m u 2 m s C u c s , Ply o th ; , A ter h r h , ork hire, Y dam e its R s Two S c s c . b fore e toration . ket he of Veni e oc Head of L h F e . Tw S u i s s m S s . o t d e . I ola Bella fro tre a S u Gl docESouth Two S t dy at y ketches in the Three Marine Stu dies . W s . c s i ale Botani Garden , A M ll and other ’ 1 2 S u , Brighton , t dy of R s c s . egent Park . Obje t R c s 3 . o k , Dover T S s Two w R . hree ketche . Vie s on the hine 1 R Sc 2 u u s Wu Cot , A iver ene , Ne e M n ter , rz Bolton Abbey and u S Mont Dragon , on the b rg. c . tage ene R hone . ou r S c s . T S S u rap hree cotch t dies . F l W t 2 T Sc c w S , A a er Mill ; , hree ot h ie s . T c s V hree ket he on Lago R c sc . S u s R s u o ky Land ape o venir of o ena , Maggiore . ' ’ S W s W l t . ce H R H S u inifred e l, Birthpla of . . . Four t dies . w lin hir Holy ell , ts e. the late Prin ce Con F T S c s s hree ket he . ort . 1 2 Sea c 1 866 , Dieppe ; , Pie e ; 3 1 86 5 , A Mill . S S ummer Four tu dies . S ummer Entran ce to the Gorge 1 867 Beil ste ii i s S m . , on the Mo elle . of Gondo, i plon a R C u u m s s . h tea de Mo tele Ly e egi , Dor et m Su mmer R . Bern cas tel art, hone , on the s —E S C s t n the rand Canal o elle vening. ridge treet, he er O G , M B — c . c u . Veni e Veni e, looking p the Morning — ’ ishin N C W s C ac s s . F g Boat at aple Grand anal erner hapel , B h —E C m . c . arly Morning. Lago di o o ara h The Ci ta W l m i del ii rzb ur C . , g, Bel agio , Lago di o o Menagg o, Lago di

. Bo art R . C m . Bavaria pp , on the hine o o Cas tle and Vill ag e of R i chm ond H i ll from Th e Courtyard at Heidel

Lahn eck. Tw u i ckenham S n be rg. w C s T w of u Inveraray ith the Hill ris e . a tle and o n Bea D un i uoich . L c R . of q Arona , on the ago aire , on the hone Bacharach on R a i s , the hine . M ggiore . Bring ng in Fi h , Hon Sc ~ ri ﬂ u G s e r. Garden ene at Ver a ale della Po ta,

s i l s . c . C um a l e Veni e BytheVenetian ol n, w s S u i z E zz E Looking to ard tton On the P a za delle rbe, Pia a delle rbe , c Valen e. Verona . Verona . The J uden asse - c Th e m s R g , Frank On the Market Pla e, Boo pje , otter fort . Hanover. LIST OF PAINTINGS 1 57

R E S R u . c c l treet in o en Mont i hard , on the ntran e to the Vi la C C Cad n abbi Lac du T . e a. Petit rianon , her arlotta ,

s Ti t m . The R Ver ailles. n ern fro theVillage ialto. m u — u c C s N m u S m Na r J n tion of the anale della Po ta , a r, on the o bre .

S m us c . w c . o bre and Me e . Veni e Green i h W u c l s e ll s . A at r Mi . D t h Boat entering Bei tein , onthe Mo elle

u . S u s R m On the Q ay , Frank Port nri e near o e . C s Nor . ranville , oa t of fort G Night w an es ; th e vapours ' E e m W n nt ring Port. andy aiting for rou d th e moun tain curl d M el i n to mo n and , l igh S to r m at th e the Tide . t r t A wa wo a k es th e. rl d . m s Su . M u ble . Old Mill in rrey

c L u . T m Or a, ago L gano e ple of Ven us and Winter C c . R m Grand anal , Veni e o e . S m W off R c c s S S u c . e olle tion of the tor y eather anta al te, Veni e R ow s f . ec m Nor hine L e to t Port of F a p , u Ed cumbe m Mo nt g and andy . S andgate . Two iews of the I sle of V St . C u m Se s . W lo d , fro vre . ight S w o c S u T alt o d and Goodri h t dy of rees . T S u hree arine t dies . M C s s . R a tle eigate . T S e c s R hree k t he of hine R m m ces w u e e bran of the T o St dies . Scenery . R . Tw c m hine i kenha and Eton . u Land scape St dy . R s s . Glen o a , I le of Arran Three St udies of R hine u S c s o r ket he . F T e S u s u s . hr e t die , Vario Scen er u o ntain Sc enery . M u Sc . Tw Mo ntain enery o Sea ieces . Water ill and Sea M S u . T C s S u t dy at Haddon hree oa t t dies . c Pie e . Sc w S u s Sea Mill ene and Vie of n et at . n ld ridge orni g Sw - O B M anage . ishing oat ret urning Eff c F B e t. u S u s . Su Fo r Marine t die at nrise . Tw s S u s o Land cape t die . C s s . oa t of evon hire S c s C s . S m W D ket he of he ter tor y eather . — Lake Sc ene S un set .

Th e C ffs s w . li , Fre h ater 1 86 8 1 870

mm S umme S u er 1 869 r ark et Pl a c e Street in Old Trarbac h M Summer C u . i us . ob rg D nant, on the Me e S C s a The z E C s c . anale della Po t Pia za delle rbe , oa t ene— , C s Su s . c . Verona . Flint a tle nri e Veni e R Sc s ishin - s c On the iva dei hia I ola Bella , Lago Mag F g Boat at An hor i r u c . o e . voni , Veni e g in the Harbo r of

T w F rtiﬁcation s C u c St . m s . o n and o h r h of Ja e , Granville w S N m u . us . of Luxe bo rg . Ant erp a , orth Italy

S i C R c m s . us t . . P erre, aen i h ond , York hire La anne, Lake of m R s St . zz C us . heinfel and Goar Pia a orp Do ini , Geneva T c C Summ Ra . u . er in rin Pla e de alende,

S . R u Bacharach . treet in Frankfort o en . 1 58 WILLI AM CA LLOW

Th e - c N s m C s l Sc u r m M ar k et P l a e , aple fro a te la arboro—gh f o the m . S s s Cobu rg . are and Mi ty Morn R i Edw T i The c n . alto, Veni e King ard avern , g

E . C st . C d etc . Lim arly Morning he er athe ral , , ’ - Mai k c du c T u s . Th e Vri da s t u on Pla e Mar he, o r j g , b rg, the Lahn

c . S umm ft Veni e . Ghent er A ernoon . The Chia a N s s u s j , aple Po ta della Lettere, Old B ilding at Bop

The z i c . c . ou R . Piaz etta, Ven e Veni e part, the hine Th c C . e o ologne Mar hé an Lion , Lo king into the N m - s u i s u . c Boat r nning into L ie x , or andy Mar k et Pla e at

. R c C u Dieppe Mont i hard , on the ob rg . M ar k s b u r m C —Sum m u g, fr o her er After On the Kool Q ai ,

R h ei i s e R . . w , on the hine noon Ant erp .

C c m s . The J uden asse o he , on the Mo elle g , Frank Win ter fort. Win ter sc w . Land ape ith Mill Wi nter

R C s R Su . aglan a tle. ain and n shine W m - ind ill . us . A Old Manor Ho e Frankfort . Su s c 1 T u 2 T c nri e and Bea h , orq ay , Lake of rarba h , on the S cene . C m . s o o Mo elle . T ua W orq y . ac c am R . e l Le e B hara h hein at r Mi l at , R u C S m N o en and aen . m C . t tor and al or h Devon . R cs o S u Sea T eli at Bright n . t dy of . intern Abbey . W 1 u 2 The T m s A ater Mill , Peterboro gh , On ha e near Graves s T m 3 S u Landing Fi h on Yar the a ar ; , o th end . m u c m o th Bea h . a pton . Bolton Abbey . s c S u s 1 C s Sc 2 Bodiham C s Land ape t die . , A oa t ene , a tle , Kent . Crom er and uns tan 8 C s . c c am R D Granville , alai Ba hara h hein . u . 1 Usk 2 C c w boro gh , , ri kho ell . Going to Market . S u u i s S s . 1 872 nr e and n et C s C s 1 871 ai tor a tle, near

m u . S ummer Yar o th Summer S m u treet in Li b rg, on

c . La ogana, eni e the Lahn . D V 1 873 St . i c R ms e M hel , Foot of Mont On the okin , A t r C s am eni . d S ummer Fren ch Fishin -Boats Fair Time on the Grande

St. . c u s The R leaving Va ery Pla e , Br ge . Ponte otto and C Sc Ro e m i T m s . u ll eb oeuf anal ene , tt rda At Q , on the e ple of Ve ta , R m — ue u s . S S u s R m . Fla ande, Br ge eine nri e. o e

s The u T w s etc. u Above the Fall at Fo r o er , Old Harbo r at Folke ' Schaﬂhausen Em . s s . — . tone s i s E Téte s o S m u Ha t ng arly Morn de Flandre , p A treet in Li b rg, i n g. posite Antwel g on the Lahn . The T w T C l on teco S m S uss . Old o n of rar anale del , horeha , ex

c s l . c . T . ba h , on the Mo e le Veni e Botzen , in the yrol

1 60 WILLIA M CA LLOW

C s 1 C u . anale della Po ta , 877 A o ntry Lane C m E Veni ce . A al vening. On T e S ummer s - s the Pier at r port , F i h i n g Boat in a N m E S u o r an d y a rl y - s s q all , u s s C . Marb rg, He e a el S Sc . Morning. Fi shing - Boats waiting A treet ene The Las t low from the T G for the ide , Port of

T c . — erra e , Heidelberg S u s 1 Havre nri e . 878 An A ugus t Morning at Entrance to the Old Ems S ummer . Part of Arona , Lago W i l bu r . e g, on the Lahn R u Maggiore . ined Mill near Dol ce The Stadthaus and arkt The s c . c u M Pe hiera , Genoa A q a , Italy . . — Platz , Hanover Cas tle and Town of Fishin g Boats at Fé Nurem berg from a cam N R u . m nkel, on the Lahn or andy ridge near the Tr odel Ear B A Venetian Canal . y Morning. arkt . s Il c cc M Loading Orange and Mer ato Ve hio , u u o ntain at arb rg, m S s c . F M Le on at orrento , Floren e ss -C ss He e a el . m C s C fro the Marina . a a avallino , Grand C c rand anal , eni e , Th e c R u C c . G V Mer ato ava, anal , Veni e w looking to ards the Th e lorence . ld ridge and E F O B Lido arly orning. T w Nu C c St . S u u m e M han el of a ve r, o er at re b rg. R m a otterda Can l C S u s S A aen . nri e on the eine at Sc ene. R ou w St i 8 . — Gate ay of . Mart n en u m u S s L xe bo rg un et . e T u s . C c Abb y, o r Ponte del anoni o , m - c On the Do Platz at Veni e . R s E c ati bon . ntran e to the ld — O S C s Hon ﬂe ur C m E C San hanklin hine , I le of al arly onvent of

c . Wight . Morning. Gregorio, Veni e Pierr ﬁ The cc C s S z s Near e tte (Pyr Ponte Ve hio, a tle of tol enfel , on R en ees C sc c . . ), a ade of Floren e the hine T c R m . Nan tb orran t Sw e eatro ar ello , o e , itz r M Wi nter . land . Dieppe ' - C t S m u t ac ot age near id o th . R heinfels and Wolfs Marke Pl e at Botzen ,

T . s s . in the yrol s . Beil tein , on the Mo elle berg, on the Mo elle ’ us s T e s C Barrettaria Old Ho e at r ve . Il Diavoletto and L Ah anale di , Two ws S u enice . ie in o th c . V V bondanza , Floren e ' c St. Pharai lde . Sw ss Pla e , Devon — A i Valley . Landscape A Compos i Mou ntain Gorge near Ghent. J uden ass e . Pierreﬁtte In the g , tion .

The C s . S m u . Two S u s Sea rankfort oa tnear id o th t die of . F S u C s Sc t dy of oa t enery. Ull es water and Sea C c m Win ter se . C s o he , on the Mo lle oa t . s C . R Sc . os An Iri h abin iva dei hiavoni On the M elle . u D nkeld . A Stormy Day in Scot Winchester from the e T . . w Botz n , in the yrol land Meado s . S u s c . R Sc A treet in Br ge Matlo k iva dei hiavoni ,

. Morning Mentone . Venice .

ti C . Th W W e e f. u um T A Vene an anal y and har A t n on the rent. LIST OF PA INTINGS 1 61

uss e Le e S Ro u . C s : M el Gath ring at , A treet in en arden , on the Mo elle Sc u m Th North Devon . arboro gh fro Filey e Las t Gleam of Da

e C m . s , , rigg B llagio on Lake o o B Kirk ta—ll Abbey , Yor s . c S u s . s Su and I ola Bella Veni e at n et hire n set . E s C w s u s R m us s a t o e and D noon , On the Mo elle . Old o an Ho e . C N c m on —A 11 R R m on the lyde . ight o ing Ponte otto, o e ,

S u i s oc Etive. S u . 1 841 o ven r of L h t dy in .

m . T u S m . The C s ofCon n emara In the Gloa ing A ro t trea oa t , - ’ s C a . arket l l ac A Devon hire ott ge A Belgian M e . Ireland .

S T e s . In n Lan e i i Th fﬁ c e s c . A treet in r ve Old at g Po t O e, Veni e ’

t w s c w c . u s C w Old Ga e ay on the h alba h Mo nt Bay , orn all R i s a i w S hine . D t nt V e of her R C s . s . iver and oa t borne , or et D 1 881 R eigate from the Co m

m on . Su mm 1 879 er An 1 880 Or iel in Haddon S ummer s . Hall , Derby hire R R cc S ummer Si On the oad to o a Piazza dei gnori, Br una Mona co in The Old Port of Dart Verona . m T wn C s u . o the Dis tan ce . o th and a tle of C s Th e c c c u anale della Po ta, M a r k e t Pla e , Dol e A q a near

c . i s s . . Veni e G e en , on the Lahn Bordighera - zz C c c . s s C u Pala o i ogna , Veni e Fi hing Boat in the A anal thro gh the ' - i n s u . Fi shii i g Boats oﬁ Tre Port of Gra ille . I land of M rano B c C u c S s . t . . por arnaba , Veni e Behind the h r h of

T w zz c . o n Hall and Market Bologna, near the Pia a the Frari Veni e — Th T u C E S . e c ua. . Pla e , Pad arly Petronia o r de harle C m m R ue Morning . Lake of o o looking agne , de ’ l h ll T u s w Ec e e . e a s . At the Foot of the L n to ard Menaggio , o r ’ T w s Bi t ui C l ing o er , Bologna . A of Antiq ty at On the ana dell Olio,

S a uc Na l es s . c . ant L ia , . Bloi Veni e ’

T u orl o e cc In c a c . o r de l g , On the Ponte Ve hio , the Mer eri , Veni e S m R u . c . t . s s o en Floren e Helier , Jer ey , fro E z l Nor Th e s s E e C s . Port of Granvi le, Mi t of arly li ab th a tle

u The C u c St. mandy . Morning at Q ille Great h r h of

R S i w c . eu . On the hine . bo f, on the e ne La ren e Wu z . D m S ss Castell amare 2. The o , on the No tra e , r

N u . u o . 6 . Q ay . b rg, Bavaria

N C u . San i c o . 3. P etro di Ban hi , A o ntry Lane ' Wznter R m C um Genoa . o an ol n in the

l S S . Stol zei i fe s . Main treet of iena - 1 87 80 s us . 9 Caris brooke Ca tle . Dinant, on the Me e D i s tant View of the Alps Wznter Wi n ter above Geneva .

Su s T R m . S u C s Sc . S unrise and n et On the iber, o e t dy of oa t enery

Th e R ue Dun s m Cum . G uisa han . c Grande , Gra ere, berland R u laman d u s S . . e e . Dover and andgate kirk F , Br ge 21 1 62 WILLIAM CA LLOW

S u Win ter w c s . A Garden t dy . Green i h Ho pital

S R u . St. u treet in o en Mill at O en, on the Easb} ’l I’ wh A The c Seine . W'kh Market Pla e, rii oii d bi i ireT Scarboro ugh from the Abbeville . Declining Day . Sands . w h e \Vin dsor from the Th e cl ouds that rapt t Win ter s etti ng sun ’ ws . eado Autumn s sof es l eams M Wh en t t g Two Sea Views . n ’ us s are e di ng, Old Ho e in Bridge Oﬂ the ork shire Coas t Wh ere al l brigh t h ues to Y S C s . treet, he ter W geth er run near hitby . R c s n the o k in the In s weet confusi on bl en i ng. O d St Gior io c . . , Veni e reta at R okeby . G Wi n dmi 1 on the Trent . w C s l Th e s To n and a t e of Fi h Market, Folke S a Stu dy of e . s . s . loi , on the Loire tone B S T e s . ’ treet in r ve w C Durer s us The To n of arden , on lbert Ho e at A R . Bo part , on the hine Nu m . the Moselle . re berg l Be lagio, on the Lake of W . Shanklin Chine . aiting for the Boat m Co o . ss . Gie en , on the Lahn R hen se W —E Village of , on A ater Mill arly R the hine . orning. 1 882 M Bolton Abbey Eggl e Two Sea Studies . s ton bbey , ork w A Y Summe Di stant Vie of Lym e r shire . R s s egi , Dor et . W . Spring ay at ’ ater Mill A D C es s T w War a ar o er, l c m San F oren e fro w ick . Miniato . 1 884 D unkeld . oss ate S . F g treet, York us S Old Ho e at Frank S ummer Landing Fish at t. . ’ - - Nor fort s Man croft en C u St. Valery a x, Peter n d s m . a andy Fi h Market,

T u Maucon s eil 1 883 w c . o r de , Nor i h V i e n n e (o n t h e The Piazza delle Erbe at Summer R . hone). Verona f e c . s C c . c o S . s C E Ponte Mo , Veni e a a avallo, Veni e ntran e to the Port

C s u m s s . Th e Belfry at Br uges . a teln ovo fro the Mar eille N of Th e W us s . m eighing Ho e, Old Port, aple Fro the Bridge

m s c . m s . St . A terda anale della Po ta, Angelo , Veni e

R m c . um s t r L a P o rta o a n a , Veni e Near the M ble af e

C C st S m . Siena . arnarvon a le a tor

N R E . R m C um s San ear the ialto, looking arly Morning o an ol n at " w s l z s s oﬂ . to ard the Pa az o Fi hing Boat Lorenzo, Milan - Foscari c . . c at , Veni e Dieppe On the Market Pla e

S u Cas T w s . Piazza del opra M ro , tle and o n of Maline

u . m 11 s c . Per gia Heidelberg fro the Paradi o, Veni e S m s Neckar s i — s French tea er enter Bank of the . Folke tone P er Fi h - s St . s out. ing Folke tone Har Porta Andrea, Genoa . ing Boat going

N S S u . u m . u c St. u bo r in ove ber A treet in Bologna . Ch r h of a ve r

The C Barrattaria C N m . Palazzo Moro, anale , aen, or andy ’ c . c . St s S . Veni e Veni e . Peter treet, York

1 64 WILLIAM CA LLOW

1 1 88 Canal at Ghent. 888 9 Castle and Town of C m mm r o c h e , o n th e S u e Su mmer Mo s el l e A u t u m n S ’ t n . The R c T s C Af er oon iva dei hiavoni, ell hapel, on the Cas tle and Town of Venice. Lake of Lucerne u S umm E u s Lo rdes in the Pyr A er vening, S nri e . Sidm en ees . u s c o th Devon hire On the Grand Pla e, S C u c St . . h r h of Pietro di In the High treet, Bologna

S u m . c . m Grin decca Ban hi , Genoa o tha pton Fro the , Th u C . e s Venice anal Market Ho e, Venice . ’ Amalﬁ r m S u s s c l Herb erie f o the hore Mar b rg, H e e Pla e de , ’

S umm s . C ss . c A er Morning a el Ma on . R Sc c s - s w On the iva dei hia Pala e of Donna Anna , Fi hing Boat a aiting N s—E . ﬂ u c T Hon e r . voni , Veni e . aple vening the ide , c c u The s of R R u —A S D ol e A q a , n ear Bank the hine , o en treet near

c c . R Bordighera. Ba hara h the iver . S c m s s The S s N C m h ei d e r Ga e, Main treet, Inn ear the a panile ,

uc T . c Hanover . br k , yrol Veni e . ’

C c . Barattin a C T e m S anale dell Olio, Veni e On the anal , r port fro the hore ,

c . N m Veni e or andy. ms m A terda . Entran ce to the Grand Th - e c C c . M ar k et Pl a e, anal, Veni e Nu m S re berg . ear th e ar k et, treet in Bologna . N M w E s m - ate ay at ve ha . errara . c R s . G Market Pla e , ati bon F a On the Lago M ggiore . l schl S Sw , axon itzer land . Winter Wi n ter u C s s l Marb rg, a e .

m C c C . E c Gl en ﬁn Fro near the athedral , Veni e anal ntran e to

S e m Sea. las tonegate , York . Die p fro the . m i; d a o f m . BO art R L ke Geneva fro of the Li ey pp , on the hine .

St . . S u m . C c Martin Bar Gate—, o tha pton anal in Veni e . R einhard sbru nn (the Torq uay Early Morn Old Bridge at Nurem H c s S H R . s eat of . . the ing, looking a ro the berg. — s . ishi late Prin ce Con ort) . Bay Hastings F n g Boats C u m G un S u —E orf fro One On the —Great q are, arly Morning . R . C u . E c u s oad ob rg Market Day ntran e Gate, H r t C u S u s m c u a ldron no t , York I ol a B e l l a, Lago on ea x . - s w u . s s in h i re , h e r e fo r Maggiore Fi hing Boat a C u i m - s s s S m . o nt e eet. Fi hing Boat on the tor '

c . S s Sch ev in in en U Cliﬁs Sid Veni e and , g . nder the , St W h . C Nor al alla th Pierre , aen, u . m u . on —e Dan be o th , Devon m . h M ll s s Beil stein on t e ose e . andy Broad tai r Breezy , st Folke one . Day . Old Ho uses at Frank m - E s C ff E — u C Fro the a t li Late vening M rano . fort , near the athe

Su s . N m n et Granville , or andy . dral . LIST OF PAINTINGS 1 65

1 8 0 R 9 by the late obert Arona , on the Lago Elw E e s s . y , q ) Maggiore . S ummer m u C s Two S c es . Dart o th a tle . ket h ’ mi u a \V C i 1 St. c s n the Ro kin Canal I er o rty rd , e l ( ) Mi hael O - - u o u i u Co w . ms b rg Lal n . Mo nt, rn all m . terda ’ A 2 S ( ) t. c s Ehrenbreits tein and Mi hael u N m C —S u s Mo nt, or andy . oblent nri e . 1 891 z t C Bol on Abbey, York On the Grand anal , — S u m s E . c mer hire vening Veni e , near the Balbi

c . m S Pala e Dieppe fro the ands . T is here a glorio us c ity Ai i Ci en t Bridges o fR om e 1 892 — ’ sea. R o ers s m R in the g fro the Ponte otto . S ummer On the R iva dei Schia s s T w uc r m c . Part of L e ne fro Fortre and o n of voni , Veni e Hu us w . y, on the e e T St. R u m o the Lake M o er of b ld ,

E e f etc . u s . . s m l ry , , at r ge arly Morning Maline , fro the B B T w R u s m a R ue Sizieu x Nor - , Gr nd , , Market Place . o er at de hei on R m w C u c K aei w the hine . andy , ith h r h Kool , Ant erp .

St. i us of P erre . Dis tant Vi ew of R o uen On the Me e , Dinant i u S ss -Ea air T me . J gen tra e, Frank rly Morning . F ishin - s R m s fort . On the Q uai at Frank F g Boat in a — u S un c S u s . Veni e n et fort. gate Harbo r se t Th e R C . In the Old Market, hine at ologne . m S c t. . loren ce . Veni e fro Giorgio F But th ou exul i n and t g ’ Tré ort Norman d from n e n eath a s azu e e es p , y, aboun di ng R i e U d r d y r y v r '

Ocean s n u s l in Veni li es. C a u Ma i ng h ei waves a bl es s m r g ce the Pier, h tea k t r g ’ as th ey fl ow d Eu s c . in the Di tan e Chitde Har old ellagio , on Lake of . B M a r l e o r t S C m — y p tre et , o o Morning. ’ C a T w i S it del and o n o f E c s t t. s Br ol Peter ntran e to the Port , N m u us ' C u c . a r, on the e e ecam i o rman d . h r h M F p , y —S u s n et. C u c w c h r h of St. La ren e s - Ram Fi hing Boats in s and Town Hall R ot Win ter , e u . gat Harbo r terdam .

' m S ﬂ hir C a w ta ords e . Far yard , ' an l in Ghent, ith Wmter R us On the iver, near the Ho e of the

s S m cs s . Grave end . tolzenfels fro the Fran Batelier ' w S haﬁhau E c Vie of c se n . Lahn . ntran e to the Grand V — St . s s s a w V or C l c E Helier , Jer ey Di t nt Vie of ana , Veni e arly

E ces ter . arly Morning . . Morning ’ ' s i w f ss T w W a o s . C t s wic Di t nt V e Naple a a o er, ar k Winter Bi t \Vim bl ed n C s . A of o . a tle

C s C s N as s u . s w ai tor a tle, orfolk . On the Inn , P a Di tant Vie of Nor S umm ft The c u s w c A er A ernoon , Grand Pla e, Br ge i h . ’ — ~ S u l near Lord omers s Market Day . On the Seine at Q i le s N baauf—Earl M r in R . . o n . Park , eigate Gorle ton Pier, orfolk y g i Su n N s w Tor Midn ght , orth Di tant Vie of Vevey, on the Lake of C m S u ape (fro a ketch q ay . Geneva. 1 66 WILLI AM CALLOW

uc m C 1 895 Barnard Castle . Bea ha p hapel, W w c c . Anderna h , on the ar i k Summer Th e C , R hine . Grand anal — m Foscari c a c E Fro the Pala e , Se Piece . Veni e arly Morn C c rand anal , eni e C m . G V On the Lake of o o. ing -Su s n et . The C s us . a tle, La anne 1 8 4 9 nthe each at Has tings D utch Boats on the O B —Su s w Summer n et. Scheldt at nt erp . A C w ' athedral at Ant erp . C ae u d Amb oise h t a , on Th e s Grand Batelier , 1 8 3 the Loire . — 9 Ghent D utch Boats R f s St. hein el and Goar, c out w S umme learing ith the r on the R hine . Tide . s —A ss T w n loi , on the Loire Fortre and o of us s T c B Old Ho e at rarba h , um m E N m u u c S er vening. a r at the J n s s c on the o elle , in e S m M C s . tion of the a bre and s anal at Maline de troyed by Fire . m us . c . Me e Gravedon n a An ona fro the Mole , Head of C s Sc o u N s m S a tle of h nb rg, on C m aple fro the trada Lake o o . P s 11i R m o o . the hine, fro Ober C st Marksb ur di p a le of g, on Th u w s . e , . e el R Harbo r Genoa the hine . c R w R m eni e, on the iva dei Vi e i n otter d a , Th e C V G ran d a n al , S C u c St. chiavoni . and h r h of c m Ve n i e, fr o th e w c . . La ren e R On the Adige, Verona ialto . s s c m c m . I ola Pe hiera fro eni e fro elli rti c the R . V B A Mayen e, on hine A fai Ci t of th e Hea Baveno . B e r n c as t e l ry y rt , o n th e R i sm l i e wate col um n s R Sc m g k r iva dei hiavoni fro s Mo elle . from the sea, c . the Pia etta , eni e o n zz V Of my th e soj ur n , a d of Winter w al m E s e . e th th e art. hrenbreit t in Chi l e Harold d C r o s s o n th e i s c h W s F e t o n M il l , n ear

m uc . arkt, L erne m . C c m s . o he , on the Mo elle Lea ington Th e u Inner Harbo r, C s S m u Th e Cathedral at Abbe oa t at i d o th , R m s E Vi a gate a rl y . lle. Devon Th orning . e Old Bridge at M Bolt Head , looking u t- c the ld arke Pla e w s S c m . . O M to ard al o be Avignon — ’ m ss . o o d ola w . D O Gate ay, Battle Abbey C Frari Win ter anal near the , c Veni e .

Th e a G uisachan c . N s E L ke , , Palazzo Molino, Veni e aple arly Morn

N. B l w . Ul s ater . i n R u s S in of the Teatro Water Mill on the eine. Vietri and Salerno from

c us R m c m St . Mar ell , o e . Veni e fro the the Amalﬁ R oad . W Sc oodland enery . Giorgio . Dolbadarn l Etiv C s e. a tle, L an Glen 1 896

r s . C be i anal in Ghent. W S ummer S m C s c m . tor eather . oa t near Ilfra o be Fren c s i - Eh ren b reits tein s s s z . Fi h ng Boat , A Fre h Bree e , Di tant u w Granville Harbo r . Near the Village of Vie of.

m m R i c . s . uc s . The Ho e fro the Fi hing Halton , B k ialto , Ven e

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C C u C s athedral , o rtrai , a tel Lettere , near Ca t llamar um s e e. Belgi . S . ' treet in Abbeville - E s s . c s s oﬁ a by Abbey , York hire Fren h Fi hing Boat Plac e in errara . F ec m N m F a p, or andy . Porta San Andrea Interior of the Port of Genoa . 1 901 IIavre. In a R eigate Lane . S ummer w m Tete N Vie fro oir, Wi n ter N m u u Sw . s . itzerland a r , on the Me e C u c S S t . u u s s R c h r h of a ve r, i hing oat at the ont i hard , on the F B M C N m aen , or andy u S . C C et L Mo th of the eine her, her oir, H a s ti n g s Fi s h i ng Fran ce . - oats returning . t c . B Marke Pla e, Lille T m us s 1 900 Tintern bbey (West Old i ber Ho e , A m s u N . W w Li ie x , or andy indo ) . S u mmer c S s At the Ba k of the tirling Ca tle . Cam c Th e u s - s Tre panile , Veni e . Harbo r, Bellagio , Fi hing Boat at N t S B i t u C m . or hgate treet, a o rt N m . looking p Lake o o p , or andy I C s . u m C m “ n R of Old he ter D rha athedral , fro y Haven , otter i s w s i dam D tant Vie of Inver the oppo te Bank of . —Rain VVeath r W aray y e . . c m the ear eni e fro the ogana . V D C u c s u m u h ottage near Malvern . t h oat r nning c c t e. D B — Dy h r h, near Hy into Os tei i d Storm y W W a . in ter e ther 1 903 c R nderna h , on the hine A Entrance to Le icester - S mm E . u er arly Morning s \ e w c Ho pital, V r i k . C c c orner of a hara h , us s 1 605 B Street in Trent near Old Ho e , dated W s near the all , on 1 6 1 7 T the Cathedral . and , at raben , ' R . the hine s . u Oﬁch urch . A Q iet Pool , Mo elle u u ’ Piazza de r tti Pad a. — E F Dutch Boats R o ugh Villa d ste and Vill a ll e lanche and Lake Macon a Ti A é B W . ater . of , voli Combal m Col , fro de C s The C s anale della Po ta , a tle of Heidel Sei n e Switzerl an d. la g , m Veni ce . berg fro above the uc R ue de la o herie , B c w s . On the Bea h , Lo e Bridge C s w alai , ith the Old us s VVate r . Old Ho e in T w toft Semaphore o er . S C s . gate treet, he ter - s Fishing Boat leaving 1 902 D i stant View of Good l l av re. c C u C s ri h o rt and a tle , S ummer \V on the ye. - c C m m On the Market Pla e, Lake of o o fro Bel ’ — R ue l Herb erie s c . u S u s . de , Leip i l gio nri e C ish i n - s Macon . On the anal della F g Boat ente ring

s ec m . St . c s s c . u Goar, looking a ro Po ta , Veni e the Harbo r , F a p

Goarhaus en . C c m s . R u s c to o he , on the Mo elle ti Bridge over the

C s . E s . anale de la Po ta, On the Adige, Verona a t Lyn

c . The R c m R u s u Veni e ialto , Veni e, fro in of Marienb rg,

ba h on s N . w W Trar c . , the Mo elle the orth ith the inding m uc . u c . s L erne fro the Lake Bea gen y, on the Loire Mo elle . LIST OF PA INTINGS 1 69

h v Wi n S c m Bee c A en ue In verara . ter k e t h e d fr o , y N u 1 84 Ed u m S s 3. u c m C at re , inb rgh fro ali B ea h a p h ap el , — Di s tant View of Bam bury Crags Painted W w c . ar i k ’ — N C s S c m u 1 843. m s i boro a tle ket hed fro at re , Home fro Fi h ng. N u 3 u m— i m m 1 84 . fro at re, D rha Pa nted fro The S s u . von , ali b ry A N u S m 1 843. tor on the ork at re , R uins of the Teatro A Y C T c m T s s . hire oa t rarba h fro raben , c us R m . Mar ell , o e S Bridge of Sigh s from the o n th e M o s el l e . Woodland cenery . C s a d m N u Dolbadarn C s anale della Po t , Painte fro at re , a tle, Llan c 1 844 . Veni e . beris . S s S u S e uc . nset afte r a to rm . tre t in Inn br k S m W . tor y eather - s s ishin s . c s - a s Ha ting F g Boat Fren h Fi hing Bo t , u Granville Harbo r . 1 906 The C Grand anal , — 1 05 S ummer Venice Early Morn 9 c ing . S ummer On the Bea h , Lyn m u N 1 04 o th , . Devon . 9 - i s hin g oats off the s s a F B Grey Friar Ho pit l , S umme C s N m C r oa t of or andy, oventry .

near ranville . C Cas tle and Town of G On the Grand anal , c R c m s Bolton Abbey, York eni e . i h ond , York hire , V m i shire . fr o Cl nk Bank . Bologna , at the Foot of u u s i a To “ r Ha ling p a Fi h ng e s . Interior of the Port, the Le ning

s i n s . s oat, Ha t g Dis tan tView ofl n v erara Mars eille . B y The s m C s c om du Mer eyfro Birken a tle . Mont Blan , D e — a S m S un w \l Goute from Cha he d tor y Di stant Vie of 1 1] se t . m C s . onny . he ter s i u e - - - i h ng Q art r, ld c is hin B a s St. en C u F O ren h g o t Valery a x, — F F s — s i Su se . u Low Normandy Entrance Ha t ng nri in Harbo r R u s W u in of Llanthony . to the Harbo r . ater S m R s s z E b b ey tor y . P ia a d ell e rb e, A Glen o a , I le ofArran z Weather erona. V ' Wmt D utch Boats at the er 1a Chas e . — u w . R Foscari c Q ai , Ant erp ialto Pala e , W Lee m a C m ater ill , , near Ca p nile in the a po M Venice . Ilfracombe . St . c . Gu u o c Polo, Veni e lag B rn , L hinver. c c c Th e R E M er ato Ve h i o, S T u s hine at hren treet in o r , Loire . F c s c breits te in Early loren e ( in e de n the rounds of i h d I G m ol s e ) . . y Morning ’ M ad e le M an o r , m C s ' s w s a boro a tle, orth ﬂ r h Landing Fi h at Lo e B N Sta o ds ire. umberlan d. ﬁ . R m to c s . i h ond , York hire s d e s c s s w M ai o n Fran C u c a Di tant Vie of Dieppe Abbey h r h , Gre t s . m S atelier , hent fro the ea. B G Malvern . w W c st m ’ Vie of or e er fro Win ter Winter R the iver .

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1 848. R c m 8 s Hill , i h ond , 1 53. Via di Porta Bor ari, us s C st ar b u r — u ld Ho e at he er , g i l d i n g s Verona . O M B 1 902 - . 1 6 83 1 871 . S u c . dated San al te, eni e V T S t . Sc u 1 842. Street Corner in Trar ragetto, Gregorio , arboro gh , c 1 880 eni e, . C 1 844 . ott age at reat bach , V G St . S u u C Nor 1 902 - c R s a ve r, aen , alvern , . Market Pla e, ati bon , M m 1 902. s u andy, ld Hall , ain boro gh 1 853. O G , ’ s w u m 1 853. S s C u c R c Di tant Vie ofD rha , t. Mary h r h , i h 1 843. R m 1 84 i t s otterda , 5. m on d , b efo r e us s Wor 1 848 ld Ho e near , . R e storation . O Llanthony Abbey o s 1 848. c F u c Water M i ll on the Eas t e ter, Pala e r ili , Veni e , 1 848. 1 880 w , . Lyn from Belo . Hereford i 1 84 8 Water Ml ll on the Eas t Inveraray, Border of the L ttle Malvern , . S a S 1 849. n u c Lyn from Above . Lake, al t e, Ven i e , c m St . 1 882. w loren e , fro Cathedral at Ant erp, F R m 1 8 . c s iniato, 77 i h ond , ork hire, 1 844 . M Y

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Sc u 1 842. 1 86 1 arboro gh , . Winter W S 1 ws c s c u 842. All Hallo , or e ter arboro gh ,

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c . Veni e The Town Hall of Havre . S treet in rankfort, 1 860 A F C u um . o rtrai , Belgi on the aine . ’ M w . Mill at Ant erp s us Dom u s s T c Goethe Ho e, Old Ho e at rarba h , s Platz , Frankfort . on the Mo elle . 1 854

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s 35 1 1 4 C s 1 46 Bloi , , apri, I le of, m m s 24 C c ss 52 Bod er, Ger an arti t, ar a onne, 1 45 C 91 Bologna, arden, C s u R . . 1 8 70 Bonington , P arl r he, 1 1 3 C u 2 78 Bonn, 7 , 7 aroline , Q een , , 32 C s s 1 07 Bonneval , a el, l 6 Castell amare 79 Bonnevi le, 7 , 0 C s L 79 Bop art, 7 a tel ettere, u 44 C s s 45 Bor ea x , a tre , - - u n s ur 63 Cattermol e G. 6 5 Bo log e Mer, , , u u 38 C u s 50 Bo rg eil , a teret , s T m s S 1 8 21 22 C s 36 Boy , ho a hotter, , , , haille , 2 2 C a 59 3, 7, 73 h lon , 75 C m ” 72 Brieg, ha , 1 6 C m C a u 34 Brighton , ha bord , h tea de, s 88 ham ou n 6 7 6 8 Bri tol, y, ,

s s u 1 00 1 04 s X . 1 2 1 4 Briti h In tit tion , , harle , , u s 91 1 05 C s 32 Br ge , , hartre , u C u ss 1 27 C a u u 32 Br hl , o nte , h tea d n , u 6 9 C s w 91 Br nnen, hat orth , u sw c 1 0 C u 41 Br n i k , 7 ha nay , ’ uss s 1 1 44 C c u 36 Br el , 7 , henon ea x , u Beau ol ois 85 C u s C u 1 1 3 B ry , Lady j , heq er o rt, u s 1 03 Chern iticheﬁ c B te , Kyle of, , Vi eroy of Poland , 6 5 Caden abb ia C s m 1 1 2 , 76 he ha , C 86 1 09 C s 1 08 aen , , he ter , C s 1 0 1 91 1 44 C m 1 08 alai , , 7, , lare ont , C w 2 29 31 63 82 Cl emen tin e c s s 25 64 1 allo , John , , , , , , , Prin e , , , 7 , 94 1 05 1 1 1 1 1 4 80 82 1 06 1 08 1 1 6 1 22 , , , 73, , , , , , C w M ’ N rs . 1 43 C s 1 43 allo , , death of, leopatra eedle, C w W h m 1 a ren C us s 6 allo , il a , birth , ; pp l e , 7 c 4 w i s 9 C R 89 ti ed , , ent to Par , ; lyde, iver , ” ss c S c 64 C 70 91 1 1 9 A o iate of Old o iety, ; oblenz, , , retm n ed 81 ° ﬁ s C u 1 21 to London , r t ob rg , “ m 94 m C c m 92 arriage , Me ber of Old o he , S c 1 00 S c C 1 S 68 o iety , ; e retary of 0 de la eigne, S c 1 33 C n 1 91 1 3 1 44 Old o iety, abandoned olog e , 7 , , 7, c 1 42 s c m Combal 68 tea hing, e ond arriage, , Lake , 1 44 c u ss C m 6 ; ongrat latory addre , o o, 7 ’

1 47 s S w 1 4 C s a R . A . 22 One Man ho , 7 on t ble, John , , C m 31 1 C s c 6 9 a brai, 7 on tan e , C m W uc 0 E. R ss 1 6 C . . A . 22 a bridge , D he of, ooke , , , C m u s 1 36 C Gem e 22 a den , Marq i of, ooke, g , C C s 88 orfe a tle , C u 1 05 o rtrai , C 76 C u s ss u 1 35 annero, Mont, o tt , Mi B rdett , INDEX 1 77

C u c 68 T 3 4 5 6 1 o ver le , Fielding, heodore, , , , , 7 Cox 4 1 02 s s u 53 , David , , Fil , Mon ie r, C e w s s 88 c 78 1 46 r e , Mi , Floren e , , C w 89 w C e s re e Hall , Flo er, yril (Batt r ea , Lord) , Cr n il l 41 1 o t e, 1 8 C 6 1 Fl uelen 6 9 98 roydon, , 7 , , ‘ ol i n o 8 g , 7 D m u 88 1 42 s 1 1 5 art o th , , Folke tone, 96 u 38 Delft, Fontevra lt, m M m u 1 34 r . 6 7 68 75 8 Den ark , Q een of, For an , , , , , 7

s u 91 s Mrs . 20 Devon hire , D ke of, Fo ter, , W 4 1 02 70 1 0 De int, Peter , , Frankfort , , 7 c s C s 1 01 1 21 u 70 Di ken , harle , , Freib rg,

1 6 8 1 09 Frére . A. 1 20 Dieppe , , 7, , Mr , 6 5 e 1 33 Dijon , 7, 7 Fripp, G orge , s m 1 35 Di raeli , Benja in , m s 76 6 7 75 Do a o , Geneva , , ’ m s s 5 79 1 41 1 46 Do o d O ola, 7 Genoa, , , e 57 m C w c see Donz re, Ger any, ro n Prin e of, 1 0 1 7 63 1 03 1 44 uss Dover , , , , , Pr ia s 1 38 m C w c s s of see Dre den , Ger any, ro n Prin e , ' Duﬂ Sir 1 40 uss , Grant, Pr ia uff 88 1 05 D erin , Lord , Ghent, um s 64 ss 1 37 D a , Alexandre , Gie en ,

un 91 Giradon . u s 6 1 6 2 D kirk , , M p bli her, , u -R ue] u s 63 c du R o 6 9 D rand , p bli her, Gla ier h ne, u m 90 s w 89 1 03 D rha , Gla go , , uss 1 07 u 1 41 D eldorf, Glennie , Arth r, c C u 1 01 Goodri h o rt, E 4 5 28 31 79 dge , John , , , , Gragnano, E u h 90 1 1 4 S 1 21 dinb rg , , Grant and peke, E s 0 76 hrenbreit tein , 7 Gravedona, E s C c 1 06 a s s 1 1 2 lli on olle tion , Gre t Mi enden , Elz Sc ss 92 w c 1 2 , hlo , Green i h , , Ems 1 3 m s 6 9 , 7 Gri el , Es cal iad ieu 51 w 6 9 , Grindel ald , E s 40 taple , E s E 1 01 m 96 van of ton , Haarle , E 88 u The 95 xeter, Hag e, , 1 39 Halbers tadt , uc C m 24 1 35 Fa igny , o te de , Halton , Ham us 1 1 3 1 40 Ferrara 77 en Ho e, , ' CO l e 3 4 5 6 5 1 01 W 69 Fielding, p y, , , , , , Han egg aterfall , 1 0 1 13 Hanover, 7 N w 1 1 1 3 1 7 1 8 28 6 2 87 1 09 Fielding, e ton, , , , , Havre , , , , 20 w s Caes 1 1 5 , 21 Ha kin , ar, u s T s 5 7 1 0 C s , 6 2 6 6 Fielding, hale , , , Heath , harle , p bli her , 23 1 78 WILLI AM CA LLOW

e 0 1 3 l 1 05 Heidelb rg , 7 , 7 Lil e, c u um 9 im u 1 3 Her lane , 7 L b rg, 7 1 00 z 1 38 Hereford , Lin , M 21 2 82 s u 1 09 m r . 9 Hi ley, , , , Li ie x , Hoh n l oe C un 1 30 01 89 1 09 e , o t, Liver , , H h nl oe C u ess 1 2 58 o e , o nt , 7 Lorio H n ﬂ ur 28 u u 39 o e , Lo d n, u m 1 1 8 Louéch e 6 8 H nt, Hol an , , u \Vil liam 1 02 u s 1 5 H nt, , Lo i Philippe, King, , 2 4 6 , 73, 7 , 1 07, 1 08 Illus tr d Lon don News 1 03 u s c s s 1 34 ate , Lo i e, Prin e , s uc 9 98 u s 48 49 Inn br k 7, Lo rde , , In rlack n 8 w s o 29 te e , 6 Lo e t ft, 1 03 uc 6 9 99 1 45 Inveraray , L erne , , , u 6 L gano, 7 Jedb ur 11 90 u 23 , L xor , the , J oin vil c 26 81 82 1 08 u s 3 e , Prin e de , , , , L yne , 7 umié es 28 m R s 88 J g , Ly e egi , u u 8 s 59 4 9 80 J ngfra , 6 Lyon , , 7 , 7 ,

Kal er i . 85 c z J . 2 g , Mr Ma ken ie, , 7 c s 0 ac 59 Katz, a tle of, 7 M on , M 88 8 m rs . S s 9 Ke ble , Adelaide ( artori ), Madeley Manor , , 8 u 1 39 7 Magdeb rg, s 1 42 s 91 King bridge, Maline , c s 1 08 Man he ter, Lac u 50 s 42 de Ga be , Man le, C 6 8 u 1 3 La hapin , Marb rg, 7 C u 43 u 93 La o ronne, Marienb rg, s 3 m 46 Langeai , 7 Mar ande ,

45 s . 3 Langon , Mar , Mdlle , 7 m 51 s s 54 55 79 Lanne ezan , Mar eille , , , u 5 6 8 La Pal de, 7 Martigny,

Larb arl es tier r. 28 c 0 , M , Mayen e, 7 ' R 46 Ma en dorff 65 La eole, y , Baronne , us 6 7 5 1 46 Mec kl en ber S La anne, , 7 , g trelitz, Grand u u 68 uc ss 1 34 La terbr nnen , D he of, ec u 47 s 90 L to re , Melro e , ’ Le e 1 1 9 en del ssohn s 1 31 , M grave , s 1 1 5 m 1 1 6 Leed , Ment ore, 79 c 6 7 Leghorn , Mer de Gla e, Le sic 1 07 u 33 m , Me ng, 59 6 9 Le Péage , Meyringen ,

w s R . A . 26 6 4 6 5 1 1 4 eze 53 Le i , John , , , , , M , 96 ’ 41 Leyden , M né, e 71 76 1 45 Li ge, Mi an , , s 6 8 irebeau 40 Lidde , M

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R ose n l au i 6 9 Sm Mrs . , art, Harriet Anne ( R s u 1 24 C w 94 96 1 43 o ena , allo ) , , , R s s 1 01 Sm 94 1 05 1 1 5 1 1 9 o , art , Henry, , , , Mr 1 1 8 R sc B ss Sm s . oth hild , arone Meyer de , art, , 1 1 6 Sm Sir 94 art, George, R sc 1 1 5 Soh err 32 oth hild , Lady Anthony de, , Herr, R m 95 S u m 29 otterda , o tha pton , R u 1 28 2 1 4 1 09 S 8 o en, 6 , , 6 , 7 , 7 , poleto , 1 R u sc m 24 Stackel b er C mt 6 5 86 o get, Vi o te de , g, o e , ,

R u 43 S . w 99 o llet, tanley , Mr O en , R c m 1 04 S u c 6 8 oyal A ade y, ta bba h , R y c S c 1 21 S 1 31 o al Geographi al o iety, tettin , R u s m 0 S 1 1 4 de hei , 7 tirling, R uﬁ ec 41 S s u 0 , tra bo rg, 7 R u 1 S R c ff 8 nkel , 37 tratford de ed li e, Lady, 7 S u 1 05 dbrook Hall ,

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St . s 6 8 Bernard , Ho pital of, Dawarkan a h 8 St . C u 21 2 T t 9 lo d , , 7 agore , ,

St . u s 51 Tam 58 Ga den , , M r St . 0 T o . 33 Goar, 7 alb t, ,

St. 6 9 T s 47 Gotthard , arbe ,

St . 46 T c 1 33 Hilaire, aylor, Frederi k , St u 34 Tei m u 88 . La rent, o th , W m St . 86 Tel 6 9 Malo , illia ,

St. 6 7 T 8 Martin , erni, 7

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St. 72 T 94 Valery, hionville,

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U s e 68 W -C u S c nter e n , ater olo r o iety, Old , Old Soc iety c 58 W u 1 3 Valen e, eilb rg, 7 c s 71 W 6 8 Valen ienne , engern Alp, W Van derm ere . 22 s 69 , Mr e en , 4 W n 6 9 Varley, John , etterhor , c 9 98 1 34 1 41 Wi ht s 29 63 Veni e, 77, 7, , , , , I le of, , 1 45 Wigl ms Pen r 1 41 ia , y, 7 98 1 34 1 45 W s Sir E sm u s 1 43 Verona , 7, , , il on , ra , s s 21 2 W c s 29 Ver aille , 7 in he ter, 6 7 5 W s Cas 6 Vevey , , 7 ind or tle , W c 98 u s . f 99 Vi enza, ind , Mr Geo frey , c ue 65 91 1 03 \Vorcester 1 00 Vi toria , Q en , , , , 1 1 8 1 24 1 32 W u u 1 38 , , rzb rg, 59 “7 R 1 01 Vienne , ye , iver , u 6 Villene ve, 7 V 41 m u 63 ivonne, Yar o th , Great, u r 3 Vo v ay, 7 Z 1 1 5 etland , Lady , W s i c 1 4 Z u c 6 9 ale , Pr n e of, 3 ri h ,

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