Artist
John White Abbott(British, 1764–1851)British, 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 washline 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
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Label in pen and ink, attached to backboard, upper right corner: On Winandermere [sic] near Lowwood. / JWA. July 16.1791.
Verso: Inscribed in graphite[?]: Near Low wood July 16/Evening light on the […?] from the Right [missing word may be “birches”] (Inscription is repeated in graphite, in a different hand, slightly lower down and towards the center of the sheet).
Verso: Inscribed in graphite[?]: Near Low wood July 16/Evening light on the […?] from the Right [missing word may be “birches”] (Inscription is repeated in graphite, in a different hand, slightly lower down and towards the center of the sheet).
Recto: [none]
Verso: signed in ink, upper center of backboard, on mount: JWA. [cursive]
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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