Four Peasants

1799·Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on card·20.3 × 22.6 cm (8 × 8 15/16 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1799
Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on card
Dimensions: 20.3 × 22.6 cm (8 × 8 15/16 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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