Abbott, John White (1763 – 1851) – Devon; ‘Torquay’.
Abbott, John White (1763 - 1851)
Devon; 'Torquay'.
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour. Inscribed and dated, 'Torquay Aug 27' verso.
Signed with initials, inscribed and dated, 'August 27th 1800' to the original mount.
Provenance: Christie's, 9th November 1971, Lot 140.
5.5x8.5 inches.
Framed: 12x14.5 inches.
£3,750
Towne's tour of 1791 (Cf. No.1) turned out to be one of his few painting trips of any length. The majority of his work was made in his native Devon or the surrounding counties of the South-West of England. This drawing has an exceptional quality of detail; in the ships and rigging of the middle distance, but also in its complex and sensitive depiction of light. It shows just how far Abbott had changed his style from the grand, generalised effects of Landscape that were popular in the 1790s and which he had learnt from Towne.
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