Betley, Staffordshire

Betley, Staffordshire

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William Callow, R.W.S. (1812-1908)
Betley, Staffordshire

Signed and inscribed lower left: Betley Stafford/Sep 6. 1842/William Callow
Watercolour over pencil heightened with white
25.5 by 35.5 cm., 10 by 14 in.

Provenance:
By descent from the artist until 1927;
With Walker Galleries, London

Literature:
Frank L. Emanuel, William Callow, R.W.S., Walker's Quarterly, 1927, p.36

Betley is several miles north of Madeley. Callow visited Madeley Manor in Staffordshire in September 1842 to give drawing lessons to a Miss Crewe, sister of Lord Crewe. Madeley Manor was the home of her aunt Mrs Cunliffe Offley.