Lot 217 · Old Master Drawings and British Drawings and Watercolours
A canal, Venice
R.w.s. William Callow · pencil and watercolour with gum arabic heightened with bodycolour on oatmeal paper
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,044–$7,566
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Drawings and British Drawings and Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 7 December 2016
- Dimensions
- 18 x 13 7/8 in. (45.7 x 35.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3967817
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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R.w.s. William Callow, A canal, Venice. Christie's, 7 Dec 2016, lot 217. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3967817.
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R.w.s. William Callow, A canal, Venice. Christie's, 7 Dec 2016, lot 217. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3967817.
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| R.w.s. William Callow | Goodrich Court and Castle on the river Wye | Christie's, Mar 2014 | ||
| R.w.s. William Callow | View of Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| R.w.s. William Callow | a street scene, possibly in germany | Sotheby's, Jan 2018 | ||
| R.w.s. William Callow | The Rialto Bridge, Venice | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
| R.w.s. William Callow | View of Greenwich from the Thames, London | Christie's, Dec 2015 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.