Lot Essay
In the summer of 1797, John Merivale, a close friend of Francis Towne (1739-1816), of whom John White Abbott was a pupil, bought the estate of about 140 acres called Barton Place.
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A folio of thirty-nine landscape, animal and figure studies, including: Barton Place; Pishay in Devon, between the Lynn and Charmouth; Kenton; Exeter Castle; Bowhay, Exeter; Exmouth; Warren; Topsham; Powderham; Cowley Bridge; Tor Abbey; and Blaze Castle
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John White Abbott (1763-1851)
A folio of thirty-nine landscape, animal and figure studies, including: Barton Place; Pishay in Devon, between the Lynn and Charmouth; Kenton; Exeter Castle; Bowhay, Exeter; Exmouth; Warren; Topsham; Powderham; Cowley Bridge; Tor Abbey; and Blaze Castle
one signed with initials and dated 'JWA/1809' (lower left), fifteen inscribed with title (on the mount), ten dated variously 1794-1825
twenty-one pen and grey ink and grey wash, ten pencil, one pen and grey ink and grey wash, four grey ink, two pen and grey ink and coloured wash, one wash, three on two joined sheets, one with fragmentary watermark, unframed
7¼ x 10 3/8 in. (18.5 x 26.5 cm.); and smaller (39)
A folio of thirty-nine landscape, animal and figure studies, including: Barton Place; Pishay in Devon, between the Lynn and Charmouth; Kenton; Exeter Castle; Bowhay, Exeter; Exmouth; Warren; Topsham; Powderham; Cowley Bridge; Tor Abbey; and Blaze Castle
one signed with initials and dated 'JWA/1809' (lower left), fifteen inscribed with title (on the mount), ten dated variously 1794-1825
twenty-one pen and grey ink and grey wash, ten pencil, one pen and grey ink and grey wash, four grey ink, two pen and grey ink and coloured wash, one wash, three on two joined sheets, one with fragmentary watermark, unframed
7¼ x 10 3/8 in. (18.5 x 26.5 cm.); and smaller (39)
Provenance
By descent from the artist until
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25 November 1999, lot 90.
with Spink, London
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25 November 1999, lot 90.
with Spink, London
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