Seascape of Ships At Broadstairs at Low Tide signed John Callow 1807* English 1807* Signed John Callow(1)* 1807* Original detail verso and under glass* Superb condition* H: 36cm (14.2'') W: 71cm (28'')A Very good and detailed seascape of ships at rest at low tide in Broadstairs. Signed and dated by celebrated quality artist John Callow 1807; original detail verso and under glass.Callow''s style of painting was formed on that of his master and elder brother, William, though he devoted himself to a different range of subjects. He excelled in sea-pieces more than in landscapes. The compulsory devotion of his time chiefly to teaching impeded the development of his own powers, so that his later productions never fulfilled the promise of some of his earlier works. He painted diligently, however, and exhibited at the yearly exhibition of the Old Water-Colour Society. His style of teaching was excellent, at once simple, lucid, and logical, and he always maintained the superiority of transparent over body colour. He left a great number of studies prepared for the use of his pupils, which were sold by auction after his death. Several of these have since been printed in colours as a series of progressive lessons in the art of water-colour painting. (1)* John Callow (1822 - 1878)John Callow, the son of a carpenter, was born in London on 19 July 1822. He died in 1878 at the age of 55 of consumption, at his home in Lewisham High Road, Deptford South-East London, leaving a widow and one son.In 1835 he became a pupil of his elder brother William Callow, the watercolourist, who was already an established artist. William took John with him to Paris, where he began his studies by copying works at the Louvre and he remained to continue studying for several years.In 1844 he returned to England to exercise his profession as a landscape painter in water colours, and exhibited at several institutions: most frequently at the Society of Painte...