Near Roslyn Castle, Edinburgh

Details

John White Abbott (1763-1851)
Near Roslyn Castle, Edinburgh
signed, inscribed, dated and numbered 'No. 14/Near Roslyn Castle/J.W.A. June 20. 1791' (on the reverse of the mount)
pencil, brown ink and watercolour on the artist's original washline mount
9½ x 7½ in. (24 x 19 cm.)

Provenance

with Spink-Leger, London.

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Lot Essay

Abbott spent nearly all his life in Exeter and its environs. He made only one extended journey outside the West Country in 1791, when he made a sketching tour of Scotland, the Lake District, Lancashire, Derbyshire and Warwickshire. This present watercolour was undoubtedly executed during this 1791 tour.

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