John White Abbott
On Windermere Near Low Wood—Evening Light

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Artist John White Abbott(British, 1764–1851)British, 1764–1851

CultureBritish

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On Windermere Near Low Wood—Evening Light

DateJuly 16, 1791

Place depictedUnited Kingdom

MediumPen and ink and watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper, and mount with hand drawn wash-line border, attached to backboard

DimensionsSheet: 7 3/8 × 9 3/8 in. (18.8 × 23.8 cm)

Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of Barbara Ivy Jogerst

Object number2019.192

Non exposé

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Department

Prints and Drawings

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The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist, 1791; possibly Mark Grant-Sturgis, K.C.B. (1884–1949), until 1938; [possibly Walker’s Gallery, London,1938]; [Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, inv. no. 14336], possibly early 1980s; James Francis Flannery (1929–2005) and Audrey Flannery, St. John’s Wood, London, possibly the late 1970s and 2005; by descent, until 2018; [Karen Taylor Fine Art, 2018–2019]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition HistoryPossibly An Exhibition of Water-Colour Drawings from the Collection of Sir Mark Grant-Sturgis K.C.B. and a Few Other Sources by John White Abbott (1763-1851), Walker's Galleries, London, 1938 (exh. cat.).

British Watercolours, Drawings and Oil Sketches, Karen Taylor Fine Art, London, 2019 (exh. cat., 30, cat. 11. 31. illus.).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso: Inscribed, initialed, and dated in pen and ink, upper right of backboard, on mount: On Winandermere [sic] near Lowwood. / JWA. July 16.1791.
Verso: Inscribed in ink, center: Near Low wood July 16 / Evening light on the […?] from the Right [missing word may be “birches”]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, in a different hand, lower center: same as above

Recto: [none]
Verso: signed in ink, upper center of backboard, on mount: JWA. [cursive]

Recto: Label in printed ink, bottom center: Thos. Agnew & Sons. Ltd.. / No. 14336 / Fine Art Publishers to H.M. King George V / London, / 43, Old Bond Street, / Piccadilly, W.

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