Fishermen on a Beach
Fishermen on a Beach
Fishermen on a BeachPen and grey ink and watercolour over pencil20.6 by 14.3 cm., 8 by 5 ½ in.Provenance:Private Collection, UKJohn White Abbott practiced as an apothecary and surgeon in his native Exeter, but he was also a gifted amateur artist under the influence of Francis Towne. He was the nephew of James White, a wealthy Devon lawyer and Towne's executor and on White's death, White Abbott inherited his estate. This is a rare figure study by White Abbott and would almost certainly have drawn on a Devon beach.){kind=link}
John White Abbott (1763-1851)
Fishermen on a Beach
Pen and grey ink and watercolour over pencil
20.6 by 14.3 cm., 8 by 5 ½ in.
Provenance:
Private Collection, UK
John White Abbott practiced as an apothecary and surgeon in his native Exeter, but he was also a gifted amateur artist under the influence of Francis Towne. He was the nephew of James White, a wealthy Devon lawyer and Towne's executor and on White's death, White Abbott inherited his estate. This is a rare figure study by White Abbott and would almost certainly have drawn on a Devon beach.