Background
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott was born at Kensington Gravel Pits on February 20, 1779.
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Augustus Wall Callcott
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Callcott's first study was music and he sang for several years in the choir of Westminster Abbey. But at the age of twenty he had determined to give up music, and had exhibited his first painting at the Royal Academy.
Career
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott gradually rose to distinction, and was elected an associate in 1807 and an academician in 1810. In 1827 he received the honour of knighthood and, seven years later, was appointed surveyor of the royal pictures. His two principal subject pictures-" Raphael and the Fornarina, " and " Milton dictating to his Daughters, " are much inferior to his landscapes, which are placed in the highest class by their refined taste and quiet beauty
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Sir Augustus Wall Callcott married Maria. She was a writer on art and travel. His brother, John Wall Callcott, was a noted composer.
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January 25, 1844 (aged 64) -
Resting place
Kensal Green cemetery -
Nationality
British