Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Callow, 1812–1908, British, active in France
Title:
Notre Dame, Paris
Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (16.8 × 25.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "[...] Notre Dame a Paris"; inscribed on verso in red pencil, upper left: "10"; in pen and brown ink, upper center: "archbishops palace in ruins"; in graphite, center: "Notre Dame and River | The Property of | Mr. William Callow | The Firs | Great Missenden | Bucks."; lower left: "Notre Dame Paris"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.3.1109
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
barge | pulley | barrels (containers) | cityscape | river | riverbank | buildings | bridge (built work) | cathedral | flying buttresses | figures | clouds | architectural subject | sky
Associated Places:
Pont de l'Archevêché | Europe | France | Paris | Seine | Notre-Dame | Île-de-France
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Stephen Duffy, The discovery of Paris, watercolours by early nineteenth-century British artists , The Wallace Collection, London, London, 2013, p. 125, ND1928 D84 2013 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12433