Landscape with Stile

1799·Black pastel with brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on tan wove paper, laid down on card·16.6 × 23 cm (6 9/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1799
Medium: Black pastel with brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, on tan wove paper, laid down on card
Dimensions: 16.6 × 23 cm (6 9/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Augustus Wall Callcott

Artist

Augustus Wall Callcott

Painting

Augustus Wall Callcott was a British painter of landscapes and historical subjects working primarily in oil during the early nineteenth century. Active in the Royal Academy from the 1800s onward, he developed a practice centered on picturesque scenery and dramatic narratives drawn from literature and classical sources.

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