John White Abbott
On Windermere Near Low Wood—Evening Light

On Windermere Near Low Wood—Evening Light

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On Windermere Near Low Wood—Evening Light
ArtistBritish, 1764–1851
CultureBritish
Titles
  • 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
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
209 Nicandros Gallery
On view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Special Collections
Object Type
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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