Callcott

This he learnt to play upon, -- studying 'Callcott's

Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858

The world's first commercially produced Christmas card, designed by John Callcott Horsley for Henry Cole in 1843

Jane Chafin: Happy Holidays! Jane Chafin 2011

The world's first commercially produced Christmas card, designed by John Callcott Horsley for Henry Cole in 1843

Jane Chafin: Happy Holidays! Jane Chafin 2011

[Return to the letter] 5 (Sir) Augustus Wall Callcott, RA (1779-1844), landscape painter, was on a honeymoon tour in Germany and Italy with Maria Graham (1786-1844), travel writer and illustrator.

New Letters from Charles Brown to Joseph Severn 2007

Callcott, who are golden wonders compared with anything I have known in the old world.

Kangaroo 2004

Callcott had a pale, clean – shaven, lean face with close – shut lips.

Kangaroo 2004

And now Callcott had gone off with his Victoria in Sunday clothes to some other outing.

Kangaroo 2004

“Well, well, that brings us a great deal nearer than ever, that does,” said Callcott, looking at Somers with glowing, smiling eyes which the other man could not quite understand, eyes with something desirous, and something perhaps fanatical in them.

Kangaroo 2004

And he looked with his hard, pale blue eyes at Callcott.

Kangaroo 2004

Callcott justice, he was more accustomed to draughts than to chess, and Somers had never played draughts, not to remember.

Kangaroo 2004