John White Abbott (Exeter 1763-1851)

Loch Tay, near Kenmore

Details

John White Abbott (Exeter 1763-1851)
Loch Tay, near Kenmore
indistinctly inscribed (upper right) and signed, inscribed and dated 'Loch Tay taken near Kenmore. JWA. June 27.1791' (on a fragment of the original mount attached to the backboard)
pen and black ink and watercolour, on two joined sheets of paper
7½ x 13¾ in. (19 x 35 cm.)

Provenance

with Agnew's, London, 2002, no. 20.

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Lot Essay

Abbott's 1791 sketching tour of Scotland, the Lake District, Lancashire, Derbyshire and Warwickshire was his only ambitious excursion beyond the west of England. Kenmore lies at the northern end of Loch Tay in the Grampian Mountains.

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