CALLCOTT, Sir Augustus, an eminent landscape-painter, brother of the preceding, was born in 1779. His small pictures possess a clearness, depth, and breadth which have seldom been attained by any of the British school. He was admitted an associate of the Royal Academy in 1807, and elected an academician in 1810. His merits as an
artist, and his estimable character, obtained for him the honour of knighthood in 1837; and in 1844, a few months before his death, he was appointed conservator of the royal pictures. He married Mrs Maria Graham, well known for her travels in India and America. She predeceased him by a short time.