William Callow, 1812–1908, British, active in France
Title:
The Rhine at Assmannshausen
Date:
1863
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, with pen, and brown ink, graphite, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/16 inches (30.8 x 44 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5866
Gallery Label:
This watercolor was perhaps the view of Rheinstein and Assmannshausen that Callow exhibited with the Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1863. The death of Prince Albert in 1861 inspired Callow to make a trip to Germany two years later to paint the prince’s old haunts. The picturesque castles that studded the Rhine in southern Germany provided Callow with ideal subject matter for exhibition watercolors. In this view at Assmannshausen Callow shows the village to the right overlooked by castle Rheinstein on the left with just a glimpse of castle Reichenstein beyond the curve of the Rhine. Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)