Royal Academy of Arts Collections - Person

Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, R.A.

Preferred Media: Painting

Born: 20 February 1779 in London, England, United Kingdom

Died: 25 November 1844

Nationality: British

Royal Academy student from: 30 December 1797 to:

Elected A.R.A: 03 Nov 1806

Elected R.A: 10 Feb 1810

Works of Art: 4

Works by


Morning 1810 Augustus Wall Callcott

Works after


Mount Lebanon and the Ruins... Augustus Wall Callcott


Verona Augustus Wall Callcott


Linlithgow 1833 Augustus Wall Callcott

Pliny, the Elder Histoire De La Peinture Ancienne, Extraite De L'Histoire Naturelle De Pline, Liv. XXXV. Avec le Texte Latin, corrigé sur les Mss. de Vossius & sur le I. Ed. de Venise, & éclairci par des Remarques nouvelles. - [Epigraph] - - A Londres [1725]
07/3403

An Essay In Two Parts, On The Necessity and Form Of A Royal Academy For Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. - [Epigraph from Cicero] - London: 1755. Price Six-pence.
07/3089

Dezallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph Tooneel Der Uitmuntende Schilders Van Europa, En Byzonderlyk Van Nederland, Zedert De Vinding' Der Olieverw' Tot A^o. MDCCL. Bevattende De Merkwaardigste Byzonderheeden hunnes Leevensloops, en de Aanwyzinge hunner beste Werken; Hunne onderscheide Eigenschappen in de Kunst, en de Maniere hun's Penseels; En het Middel om de Tékeningen der Groote Meesters te kennen. Verrykt met hunne Afbeeldzels in Fraaije Kunstplaaten. Uit bet Fransch vertaald, verbéterd en grootlyks vermeêrderd. I. Deel. - In 'sGravenhage [1752]
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Gersaint, Edmé-François A Catalogue And Description Of the Etchings of Rembrandt Van-Rhyn, With some Account of his Life. To which is added, A List of the best Pieces of this Master for the Use of those who would make a Select Collection of his Works. Written originally by the late M. Gersaint, and published by Mess. Helle and Glomy, with considerable Additions and Improvements. Translated from the French. - - London: [1752].
07/2705

Landseer, John, A.R.A. Lectures On The Art Of Engraving, Delivered At The Royal Institution Of Great Britain, - By John Landseer, Engraver To The King, And F.S.A. - - London: 1807.
07/2559

Quandt, Johann Gottlob von Entwurf zu einer Geschichte der Kupferstecherkunst und deren Wechselwirkungen mit andern zeichnenden Künsten. Mit zwei Beilagen. Von Johann Gottlob von Quandt. - - Leipzig: 1826.
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Cobin, A. Short And Plain Principles Of Linear Perspective, Adapted To Naval Architecture. Containing Rules To Draw Correctly The Forms Of Ships In Every Possible Position. The Whole being rendered so clear that a complete Knowledge of the Art may be soon and easily attained. - Illustrated with Five Copper-Plates. - By A. Cobin. - The Fourth Edition, Revised and Corrected. - - London: 1794. - Price [4s.] Sewed.
07/2053

Taylor, Brook New Principles Of Linear Perspective: Or The Art of Designing On a Plane, The Representations Of All Sorts Of Objects, In A more General and Simple Method than has been hitherto done. - The Third Edition. - By Brook Taylor, Ll.D. and R.S.S. - Revised and Corrected by John Colson, M.A. and F.R.S. Lucasian Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge. - - London: [1749]
07/2052

An Essay On Landscape Painting. With Remarks General And Critical, on The Different Schools And Masters, Ancient Or Modern. - - London: 1782.
07/2031

Freart, Roland, Sieur de Chambray An Idea Of the Perfection Of Painting: Demonstrated From the Principles of Art, and by Examples conformable to the Observations, which Pliny and Quintilian have made upon the most celebrated Pieces of the Antient Painters, Parallel'd with some Works of the most famous Modern Painters, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Julio Romano, and N. Poussin. - Written in French By Roland Freart, Sieur de Cambray, And rendred English By J.E. Esquire, Fellow of the Royal Society. - - [London:] 1668.
07/2020

Richardson, Jonathan, the Elder An Account Of The Statues, Bas-reliefs, Drawings And Pictures In Italy, France, &c. With Remarks. - By Mr. Richardson, {Sen. and Jun. - The Second Edition. - - London: [1754]
07/2015

Le Brun, Charles Conference Of Monsieur Le Brun, Cheif Painter To The French King, Chancellor and Director Of The Academy Of Painting and Sculpture; Upon Expression, General and Particular. Translated from the French, and Adorned with 43 Copper-Plates. - London, - 1701.
07/1836

Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy Seven Conferences Held In The King of France's Cabinet Of Paintings, Between Mr. Le Brun, Mr. Bourdon, Mr. De Champagne, Mr. Perrault, &c. On some of The most celebrated Pictures of Raphael, Titian, Paulo Veronese, Poussin, &c. In Which The Method of forming a Judgment on Paintings, is laid down with the greatest Elegance and Perspicuity. - Translated from the French of Felibien. With a curious Preface. - - London: 1740.
07/1835

Mosnier, Pierre The History Of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Graving; And Of those who have Excell'd in them: In Three Books. Containing their Rise, Progress, Decay, and Revival; With an Account Of the most considerable Productions of the best Artists in all Ages: And how to distinguish the true and regular Performances, from those that are otherwise. - By P. Monier, Painter to the French King, and Professor of Painting, and Sculpture in the Royal Academy at Paris. - - London: [1699]
07/1834

Algarotti, Francesco, count An Essay On Painting Written In Italian By Count Algarotti F.R.S. F.S.A. - [Epigraph] - - London [1764]
07/1763

Cole, Sir Henry Felix Summerly's Hand Book For The National Gallery With Reminiscences Of The Most Celebrated Pictures Drawn From The Originals By John, James, And William Linnell. - London 1843.
07/1397

Heller, Joseph Lucas Cranachs Leben und Werke von Joseph Heller. - Bamberg 1821.
07/183

James, John Thomas, bishop of Calcutta The Flemish Dutch And German Schools Of Painting - By The Rev J T James - London [1822]
07/43

Van Worrell, A. B. Van Worrell's Tableau Of The Dutch And Flemish Painters Of The Old School. - Dedicated, By Permission, To His Majesty. - - London: 1832.
07/34

Descamps, Jean Baptiste La Vie Des Peintres Flamands, Allemands Et Hollandois, Avec Des Portraits Gravés en Taille-douce, une indication de leurs principaux Ouvrages, & des Réflexions sur leurs différentes manieres. Par M. J.B. Descamps, Peintre, Membre de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Belle-Lettres & Arts de Rouen, & Professeur de l'Ecole du Dessein de la même Ville. Tome Premier. (- Quatrieme.) - A Paris [1753 - 1763]
07/31

Houbraken, Arnold De Groote Schouburgh Der Nederlantsche Konstschilders En Schilderessen. Waar van 'er vele met hunne Beeltenissen ten Tooneel verschynen, en hun levensgedrag en Konstwerken beschreven worden: zynde een vervolg op het Schilderboek van K. v. Mander. Door Arn. Houbraken. I. Deel. (Het II. Deel. 'T welk zyn aanvang neemt met het Jaar 1613, en vervolgt met die Konstschilders welker geboorte in dien tusschentyd tot het Jaar 1635 voorgevallen is. Door Arnold. Houbraken.) - T'Amsterdam, - 1718.(-1719.)
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Views In London And Its Vicinity, Complete In Forty-Eight Plates, Engraved On Copper, By George Cooke, From Drawings By Callcott, R.A. Stanfield, A.R.A. Prout. Roberts. Stark. Harding. Cotman. Havell. &c. &c. After The Original Sketches Made On The Spot By Edward W. Cooke. - London: (1834.)
06/5818

Callcott, Maria Description Of The Chapel Of The Annunziata Dell'Arena; Or, Giotto's Chapel, In Padua. By Mrs. Callcott. - London: [1835]
06/4947

Sir Augustus Wall Callcott's Italian & English Landscapes. Lithographed by T.C. Dibdin. - London 1847.
06/4760

Ehrenström, Marianne d' Notices Sur La Littérature Et Les Beaux-Arts En Suède, Par Marianne d/Ehrenström. - Stockholm. 1826.
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Waagen, Gustav Friedrich Ueber Hubert und Johann van Eyck. Von Dr. Gustav Friedrich Waagen, correspondirendem Mitgliede der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. - Breslau. 1822.
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Hegner, Ulrich Hans Holbein der Ju^engere. Von Ulrich Hegner. - Mit des Meisters Bildnisse. - Berlin 1827.
06/3887

Rumohr, Karl Friedrich von Hans Holbein der jüngere, in seinem Verhältniss zum deutschen Formschnittwesen. Von C. Fr. v. Rumohr. - Leipzig 1836.
06/3886

Förster, Carl August Rafael. Kunst und Ku^enstlerleben, in Gedichten von Karl Fo^erster. - Mit Kupfern nach Gema^elden von Rafael. - Leipzig 1827.
06/3745

Notices Of The Life And Works Of Titian. - London: 1829.
06/3643

Ticozzi, Stefano Vite Dei Pittori Vecellj Di Cadore Libri Quattro Di Stefano Ticozzi. - Milano 1817.
06/3633

Watelet, Claude-Henri Dictionnaire Des Arts De Peinture, Sculpture Et Gravure. Par M. Watelet, de l'Académie Française, Honoraire de l'Académie Royale de Peinture & Sculpture; & M. Lévesque, de l'Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres, Aggrégé à L'Académie des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Petersbourg. Tome Premier. (- Cinquieme.) - A Paris [1792]
06/3545

Raccolta Di Lettere Sulla Pittura Scultura Ed Architettura Scritte Da' più celebri Professori che in dette Arti fiorirono dal Secolo XV. al XVII. (Tomo II.) (Tomo III.) - In Roma [1754 (- 1759)]
06/3543

A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Portraits In The Collection Of John, Duke Of Bedford, K.G. At Woburn Abbey. [Epigraph] - London: [1834]
06/2890

Jameson, Anna Brownell A Handbook To The Public Galleries Of Art In And Near London. With Catalogues of the Pictures, Accompanied By Critical, Historical, And Biographical Notices, And Copious Indexes To Facilitate Reference. By Mrs. Jameson. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing Introduction. National Gallery. Windsor Castle. (Part II. Containing Hampton Court. Dulwich Gallery. Barry's Pictures. Soane's Museum.) - London: 1842.
06/2654

Bardwell, Thomas The Practice Of Painting Made Easy: In which is contained, The Art Of Painting In Oil, With The Method Of Colouring, Under The Heads Of First Painting, or Dead-colouring; - Second Painting; - Third or Last Painting; - Painting Back-grounds; - On Copying; - Drapery, and Landschape Painting. By T. Bardwell, Painter. - London: [1782]
06/2563

Waagen, Gustav Friedrich Works Of Art And Artists In England. By G.F. Waagen, Director Of The Royal Gallery At Berlin. Three Volumes. Volume I. The British Museum. Windsor Castle. The National Gallery. Devonshire House. Mr. Wilkins. Duke Of Devonshire's Villa, Chiswick. (- Volume III. ...) - London: [1838]
06/2479

Letters From A Young Painter Abroad To His Friends In England. Adorned with Copper Plates. [Epigraph.] Vol. I. The Second Edition. (Vol. II.) - London: [1750]
06/2471

Fisgrave, Anthony Midas; Or, A Serious Inquiry Concerning Taste And Genius; Including A Proposal For The Certain Advancement Of The Elegant Arts. To Which Is Added, By Way Of Illustration, A Fragment Of Ancient History. By Anthony Fisgrave, Ll. D. - London: 1808.
06/2460

Quatremère de Quincy, Antoine-Chrysostome The Destination Of Works Of Art And The Use To Which They Are Applied, Considered With Regard To Their Influence On The Genius And Taste Of Artists, And The Sentiment Of Amateurs. [Epigraph] Translated From The French By Henry Thomson, R.A. - London: 1821.
06/2458

National Gallery (London) A Descriptive Catalogue Of The Pictures In The National Gallery, With Critical Remarks On Their Merits. By W^m. Young Ottley, F.A.S. Member Of The Society Of Arts And Sciences At Utrecht, And Author Of 'The Italian School Of Design,' &c. In Three Parts. I. The Angerstein Collection. II. The Collection Presented By Sir G. Beaumont, Bart. III. Pictures Recently Added To The Gallery. - London: 1826.
06/2366

Dolce, Ludovico Aretin: Or, A Dialogue On Painting. From the Italian of Lodovico Dolce. - Glasgow: [i.e. 1770.]
06/1887

The Life Of Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino: By The Author Of The Life Of Michael Angelo. And The Characters Of The Most Celebrated Painters Of Italy: By Sir Joshua Reynolds. - London: [1816]
06/868

Shee, Martin Archer, P.R.A. Elements Of Art, A Poem; In Six Cantos; With Notes And A Preface; Including Strictures On The State Of The Arts, Criticism, Patronage, And Public Taste. By Martin Archer Shee, R.A. - London: 1809.
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Fiorillo, Johann Dominicus Geschichte der Künste und Wissenschaften seit der Wiederherstellung derselben bis an das Ende des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. Von einer Gesellschaft gelehrter Männer ausgearbeitet. Zweyte Abtheilung. Geschichte der zeichnenden Künste. I. Geschichte der Mahleren von J.D. Fiorillo. Erster Band. (-Sechster band.) - Göttingen 1798. (-1808.)
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Bryan, Michael A Biographical And Critical Dictionary Of Painters And Engravers, From The Revival Of Art Under Cimabue, And The Alledged Discovery Of Engraving By Finiguerra, To The Present Time: With The Ciphers, Monograms, And Marks, Used By Each Engraver; And An Ample List Of Their Principal Works. Together With Two Indexes, Alphabetical And Chronological. To Which Is Prefixed, An Introduction, Containing A Brief Account of the Painters of Antiquity. By Michael Bryan. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. (II.) - London: 1816.
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Millin de Grandmaison, Aubin Louis Dictionnaire Des Beaux-Arts, Par A.L. Millin, Membre de l'Institut, Conservateur des Médailles, des Antiques et des Pierres gravées de la Bibliothèque impériale, Professeur d'antiquités, etc. etc. Cet ouvrage fait partie de ceux adoptés par le Gouvernement pour la formation des Bibliothèques des Lycées. Tome I. (-III.) - A Paris [1806.]
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Boschini, Marco Le Ricche Minere Della Pittura Veneziana. Compendiosa informazione Di Marco Boschini Non solo delle Pitture publiche di Venezia: ma dell'Isole ancora circonvicine. Al Serenissimo Prencipe E Regal Collegio Di Venezia. - In Venezia [1674]
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James, John Thomas, bishop of Calcutta The Italian Schools Of Painting With Observations On The Present State Of The Art - By The Rev J T James - London 1820
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Rio, Alexis-François De La Poésie Chrétienne Dans Son Principe, Dans Sa Matière Et Dans Ses Formes; par A.-F. Rio. Forme De L'Art, Seconde Partie. - Paris 1836.
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Lamotte, Charles An Essay Upon Poetry and Painting, With Relation to the Sacred and Profane History. With An Appendix Concerning Obscenity in Writing and Painting. By Charles Lamotte, D.D. F.R.S. Member of the Society of Antiquaries, and Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Montague. - London: [1730]
05/3275

Denmark. Sovereign (1746-1766: Frederick V) The Charter Given Unto The Royal Danish Academy Of Painting, Sculpture And Architecture In Copenhagen. - [Copenhagen] 1758.
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Sketches Of The Lives Of Correggio, And Parmegiano. - London: 1823.
05/3063

Callcott, Maria Memoirs Of The Life Of Nicholas Poussin. By Maria Graham, Author Of A Journal Of A Tour In India, &c. &c. - London: 1820.
05/2741

The Royal Gallery Of British Art. - London: [ca. 1851?]
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The Royal Gallery Of British Art. - London: [ca. 1851?]
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Passavant, Johann David Rafael Von Urbino Und Sein Vater Giovanni Santi Von J.D. Passavant. In Zwei Theilen Mit Vierzehn Abbildungen. Erster Theil. (Zweiter Theil.) - Leipzig: 1839.
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An Essay On Design: Including Proposals for Erecting a Public Academy To be Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions (Till a Royal Foundation can be obtain'd) For Educating the British Youth In Drawing, And the several Arts depending thereon . [Epigraph from Horace] - London [1749]
03/2301

FAR/1/5 Delcaration of the independence of the Council of the Royal Academy with proceedings of the General Assembly upon it [1803] Item

CA/10 Notes by Augustus Wall Callcott on British private collections [c.1824-36] File

CA/4 [Maria Callcott], to [unknown] 19 May [1840] Item

CA/2 A.W. Callcott, to Messrs. Finden, 19 Southampton Place, Euston Square 8 Dec 1833 Item

CA/1 [copy] A.W. Callcott, to C. Barry 15 Oct 1833 Series

AND/25/92 Manuscript sale catalogue of works by Sir Augustus Wall Callcott 12 May 1845 Item

AND/25/20 [copy] Obituary of Sir Augustus Wall Callcott [1845] Item

AND/25/19 Title page of a sale catalogue 8 May 1845 Item

AND/23/115 A.W.Callcott, to [un-named] [c.1830s] Item

AND/22/263 Newspaper cuttings [1836] Item

AND/22/257 Henry Hallam, 17 Wimpole Street, to T. Phillips 11 Feb 1836 Item

AND/22/85 John Martin, 112 Mount Street, to Samuel Rogers 3 Nov 1834 Item

AND/21/205 Pages 49 and 50 of the 1831 Academy catalogue 1831 Item

AND/20/221a Sales catalogue cutting [c.1870] Item

AND/19/207 A.W. Callcott, to Mr. Smith, Print Seller, Leicester [c.1825-30] Item

AND/18/29 Anderdon's notes on 1821 exhibits #171 to #194 [c.1870] Item

AND/17/116 Newspaper cutting, from the [British Press] [10 May 1819] Item

AND/16/100 Admission ticket for an Academy lecture 8 Dec 1817 Item

AND/16/92 [copy] A.W. Callcott, Kensington Gravel Pits, to Phillips 30 Jan 1817 Item

AND/15/128 Fragment of a Sale Catalogue [c.1860] Item

AND/13/120 Newspaper cutting, an incomplete critique of the 1807 Academy exhibition 1807 Item

JU/11/327 Gilbert Newton [to Sir Augustus Wall Callcott] c. 1830 Item

JU/6/144 A W Callcott, to Lady Palgrave Apr 1840 Item

LAW/5/308 Penry Williams, Vicolo de' Greci, No.1, via del Babuino, Rome 17 Feb 1829 Item

LAW/5/264 P. Williams, 1 Vicolo de'greci, via del Babuino, Rome, to Joseph Bailey 21 Aug 1828 Item

LAW/5/227 Maria Callcott, Florence, to Sir Thomas 3 Apr 1828 Item

LAW/5/209 P. Williams, 1 Vicolo de' Greci, Rome, to Sir Thos. Lawrence, P.R.A., Russell Square, London 16 Jan 1828 Item

LAW/5/186 Thos. Lawrence, Russell Square, to David Wilkie, Madrid 10 Jan 1828 Item

LAW/5/80 Maria Graham to Sir Thomas 14 Nov 1826 Item

LAW/3/211 Maria Graham, to Sir Thomas [2 Nov 1820] Item

LAW/3/200 A.W. Callcott, Kensington Gravel Pits, to [Thomas Lawrence] 8 Feb 1820 Item

LAW/3/73 T[homas] L[awrence], Palazzo Quirinale, to Joseph Farington, Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury 6 Oct 1819 Item

LAW/3/52 [Thomas Lawrence], Palazzo Quirinale, to Joseph Farington, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, London 20 Jul 1819 Item

LAW/3/41 Sam. Lysons, King's Bench Walk, to Thos. Lawrence, rome 5 May 1819 Item

LAW/3/26 Jos. Farington, to Thomas Lawrence, Rome 6 Apr 1819 Item

LAW/2/312 Jos. Farington, Post Office, Hastings, Sussex, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, 65 Russell Square 18 Sep 1818 Item

LAW/2/96/1 T Lawrence, Russell Square, London, to Joseph Farington, Mr. Farington's, Parrs Wood, near Manchester 6 Apr [1815] Item

LAW/1/235 T. L[awrence], to Joseph Farington, Marlborough Buildings, Bath 31 Jan 1810 Item

LAW/1/232 T. L[awrence], to Joseph Farington, Marlborough Buildings, Bath 29 Jan 1810 Item

LAW/1/177 T. Lawr., to Joseph Farington, Parrs Wood, Didsbury, Manchester 25 Jan 180[9] Item

GRI/3/99 [copy] George Richmond, 10 York Street, to The Right Hon. W. Gladstone 28 Nov 1844 Item

236/67/8 David Francis White, 28 Maddox Street, Hanver Sq., to T. Miller 7 Jul 1851 Item

RAA/GA/1/4 General Assembly minutes, vol. 4 10 Feb 1826 - 10 Dec 1841 Item

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