Lot 432: HAMILTON MACALLUM RI (SCOTTISH, 1841-1896)

HAMILTON MACALLUM RI (SCOTTISH, 1841-1896) Scottish Coast at Sunrise Watercolour, 12.5 x 8cm Signed and dated 1872 John Thomas Hamilton MaCallum was born in Kames, Argyllshire, Scotland in 1841. At the age of 23, MaCallum went to London to become a painter, where he entered the Royal Academy. MaCallum's favourite subject was sunlight, which can be seen in his Scottish highland paintings and seascapes, many of which were painted from a small yacht off the south coast of Devon, Italy and the Netherlands. MaCallum died suddenly in 1896 from heart disease.