id:			169578
accession number:	2011.4
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:49.762000

The Temple of Vesta and the Falls at Tivoli, 1859. William Callow (British, 1812–1908). Watercolor with gouache and graphite underdrawing; sheet: 75.1 x 57.8 cm (29 9/16 x 22 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Purchase Fund 2011.4

title:				The Temple of Vesta and the Falls at Tivoli
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creation date:			1859
creation date earliest:		1859
creation date latest:		1859
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creditline:			Sundry Purchase Fund
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	watercolor with gouache and graphite underdrawing
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* William Callow (British, 1812–1908)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 75.1 x 57.8 cm (29 9/16 x 22 3/4 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	wove paper laid down on board
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed and dated, at lower left, in dark brown wash: William Callow / 1859
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	inscription:	inscribed on backing board (in a modern hand): No. 3 / Temple of Vesta / Tivoli
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art 
	opening date:   2013-02-10T00:00:00
	<i>British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>London Society of Painters in Water-Colours. </em>Royal Academy, London (1859).

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PROVENANCE

	Peter and Olive Belton, Leicester
	date: ?-2009
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	(sale, Christie's, London, July 7, 2010, no. 408)
	date: 2010
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	(Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: 2010-2011
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2011-
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fun fact:
William Callow likely based the view seen in this drawing on sketches made during his first trip to Italy in 1840.

digital description:
A meticulously finished, grand-scale presentation watercolor, this drawing was exhibited in 1859 at the Society of Painters in Water Colours in London. The view was taken from a low vantage point, foregrounding closely observed, moss-covered rocks amid the frothy cascade. Jewel-like, the Temple of Vesta surmounts the imposing cliff, gleaming white against a crisp, blue sky. The majesty of the view is underscored by the presence of nearly imperceptible figures in the far distance hanging linens to dry along the temple wall.

wall description:
A meticulously finished, grand-scale presentation watercolor, this drawing was exhibited in 1860 at the Society of Painters in Watercolors in London. The view was taken from a low vantage point, foregrounding closely observed, moss-covered rocks amid the frothy cascade. Jewel-like, the Temple of Vesta surmounts the imposing cliff, gleaming white against a crisp, blue sky. The majesty of the view is underscored by the presence of nearly imperceptible figures in the far distance hanging linens to dry along the temple wall.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	
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	Cundall, H.M., ed. <em>William Callow, R.W.S., F.R.G.S.: An Autobiography</em>. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 154
	url:		https://archive.org/details/autobiography00calluoft/page/154/mode/2up

	Reynolds, Jan. <em>William Callow, R.W.S.</em> London: B.T. Batsford, 1980.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 213
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	Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Referenced: pp.104-7, 144, no. 35; Reproduced: p. 105-7
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 162-163
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