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Maria, Lady Callcott

Also known as: Maria, Lady Callcott; primary name: Callcott, Maria; other name: (Miss) Dundas, Maria; other name: Graham, Maria
Details: individual; author/poet; printmaker; painter/draughtsman; British; Female
Life dates: 1785-1842
Address: The Mall, Kensington Gravel Pits (after her marriage to Callcott in 1827, until her death)
Biography: Traveller, author and amateur draughtswoman and lithographer; married 1. Capt. Thomas Graham, RN (d. South America, 1822); 2. Sir A. W. Callcott, the landscape painter. She published accounts of her travels in India, South America and Italy, and wrote several children's books, a monograph on Nicholas Poussin (1820), and on the Arena chapel decorated by Giotto in Padua (1835; shelfmark 163*.c.08). The BM has albums with drawings of her travels in England, India, Malta, Italy and in South America. The BM also has three drawn portraits of her by Charles Eastlake and Charles Phillips.
Bibliography: ODNB, by Rosemary Mitchell E Mavor, ed., 'The captain's wife: the South American journals of Maria Graham, 1821–23' (1993) C. Lloyd and D. B. Brown, eds, 'The journal of Maria, Lady Callcott, 1827–8' (1981) Eleanore Robins Neuman, unpublished MA thesis on Maria Graham Callcott, Courtauld Inst., London 2012-13

68 related objects

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1872,0309.436 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Charles EastlakeFormerly attributed to:Charles Phillips |
Production date: 1819-1820

drawing

Museum number: 1845,0405.14.1-261 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Drawn by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1821-1825

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1845,0405.14.145 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Dennis DightonAfter:Augustus Earle |
Production date: 1792-1827

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1845,0405.14.146 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Dennis DightonAfter:Augustus Earle |
Production date: 1792-1827

drawing

Museum number: 1845,0405.13.1-167 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Drawn by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1803-1819

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1845,0405.14.148 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Dennis DightonAfter:Augustus Earle |
Production date: 1792-1827

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1845,0405.14.147 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Dennis DightonAfter:Augustus Earle |
Production date: 1792-1827

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1845,0405.14.144 |
Producer name: BIOG26088 Drawn by:Augustus Earle |
Production date: 1823

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1865,1209.534 |
Producer name: BIOG23457 Drawn by:John Constable |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Recco - Riviera di Genoa |
Museum number: 1940,0810.2.2 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Larangeiros. |
Museum number: 1871,1111.610 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Title: View of the Corcovado. |
Museum number: 1871,1111.615 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Title: San Cristovao. |
Museum number: 1871,1111.616 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Title: The English Burial Ground. / Rio de Javien. |
Museum number: 1871,1111.617 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Title: From Count Hoggendorps Cottage. |
Museum number: 1871,1111.608 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Title: View from L'Angostura de Paine. |
Museum number: 1938,0919.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.10 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.2 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.6 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Seven Ages of Shakspeare |
Museum number: 1972,U.452.1-7 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John ThompsonBlock cut by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1840 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.12 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.3 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.11 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View of part of the Circus of Sallust |
Museum number: 1860,0811.20 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1800-1842

print

Title: Genoa |
Museum number: 1940,0810.2.1 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1826

print

Title: View of Frascati from the Aldobrandini Garden Mentorella |
Museum number: 1860,0811.23-25 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1800-1842

print

Title: Convent of San Francesco di Paola. Genoa |
Museum number: 1940,0810.2.3 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1826

print

Title: Sistine Bridge from the Farnesina Garden, Rome |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4561 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1800-1834

print

Title: Garden of the Villa Albani Rome |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4562 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1800-1834

print; book-illustration

Title: Rio, from the Gloria Hill. |
Museum number: 1871,1111.609 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.4 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Arci di Nerone |
Museum number: 1860,0811.21 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1800-1842

print

Museum number: 1860,0811.22 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1800-1842

print

Title: At the Villa della Catena near Poli |
Museum number: 1860,0811.19 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1800-1842

print

Title: Villa near Voltri |
Museum number: 1940,0810.2.5 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Gate & Slave Market at Pernambuco |
Museum number: 1871,1111.612 |
Producer name: After:Augustus EarlePrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1824

print

Title: Mrs Graham |
Museum number: 1876,1209.251 |
Producer name: Print made by:Mary TurnerAfter:Sir Charles Eastlake |
Production date: 1794-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: Tree in a garden at Bahia. |
Museum number: 1871,1111.611 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Title: Dragon tree & Peak of Teneriffe. |
Museum number: 1871,1111.613 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824

print

Title: Tasso's Oak |
Museum number: 1923,0120.84 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1800-1842

print; book-illustration

Title: Slave Market at Rio Janeiro |
Museum number: 1871,1111.614 |
Producer name: After:Augustus EarlePrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1963,1109.11.1-50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Mary TurnerAfter:Sir Francis Chantrey |
Production date: 1823

print; book-illustration

Title: Travelling in Spanish America. |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1670 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1806-1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.9 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Entrance to Syracuse Bay from the mouth of the Anapus |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4564 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1800-1834

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6433 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Clarkson Stanfield |
Production date: 1835-1836

print

Title: Circus of Sallust, Rome |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4563 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1800-1834

print; book-illustration

Title: Frescati |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4666 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:James Duffield Harding |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.7 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Cacique meeting Carrera's Troops |
Museum number: 1938,0919.9 |
Producer name: After:Augustus EarlePrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Farm at Salinus. |
Museum number: 1938,0919.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Street of San Domingo Santrago de Chile. |
Museum number: 1938,0919.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Valparaiso. |
Museum number: 1938,0919.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.5 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.8 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Laguna de Aculeo. |
Museum number: 1938,0919.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Alassio - Route de la Corniche |
Museum number: 1940,0810.2.4 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1826

print

Title: San: Remo route de la Corniche |
Museum number: 1940,0810.2.6 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Watering place Juan Feniandez. |
Museum number: 1938,0919.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: From the foot of the Cuesta De Prado. |
Museum number: 1938,0919.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,0308.1268 |
Producer name: After:John ConstablePrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1840 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: View from the Cuestra de Prado. |
Museum number: 1938,0919.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.13 |
Producer name: After:GiottoAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,0308.1271 |
Producer name: After:Alfred Edward ChalonPublished by:John van Voorst |
Production date: 1840 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Giotto's Chapel, Padua |
Museum number: 1850,1014.1028.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Maria, Lady CallcottAfter:Peter Powell |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Monastery of San Stefano |
Museum number: 1860,0811.18 |
Producer name: BIOG21718 Print made by:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1820

illustrated book

Museum number: 1873,1108.113-122 |
Producer name: Published by:LongmanPublished by:Archibald Constable |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

illustrated book

Museum number: 1872,1012.1720-1725 |
Producer name: After:Sir Charles EastlakePrint made by:John Heaviside Clark |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

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