John White Abbott
Langdale Pikes from Windermere

CultureBritish
Titles
  • Langdale Pikes from Windermere
DateJuly 11, 1791
Place depictedUnited Kingdom
MediumWatercolor and pen and ink with graphite on wove paper on artist’s wove paper mount with washline border
DimensionsSheet: 7 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (18.7 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of Verlinde Hill Doubleday
Object number2018.234
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist, 1791; possibly Mark Grant-Sturgis, K.C.B. (1884–1949), until 1938; possibly [Walker’s Gallery, London,1938]; private collection, UK; [Andrew Clayton-Payne, London by 2018]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Signed and dated in ink: The Langdale Pikes from Windermere [sic] near Low-wood. / JWA. July 11. 1791.
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