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John White Abbott (Exeter 1763-1851)
Lot 105

John White Abbott (Exeter 1763-1851)

The lower part of Corra Linn, one of the Falls of the Clyde, Lanarkshire

Closed5 December 2013

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John White Abbott (Exeter 1763-1851)
The lower part of Corra Linn, one of the Falls of the Clyde, Lanarkshire
signed, inscribed and dated 'The lower part of Corriag... Lynn - one of the Falls of the Clyde./JWA. July 6.1791' and numbered 'No 42' (on the verso of the mount)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, within the artist's original wash-line mount
9.5/8 x 7.3/8 in. (24.5 x 18.7 cm.)

The artist's great, great, grandson.
with The Fine Art Society, London, 1946.
Loyd Collection; Christie's, London, 5 June 2007, lot 3.

Specialist note

Abbott's earliest known watercolours date from 1791, when he undertook a tour of Scotland and the Lake District, through Lancashire, Derbyshire and Warwickshire. There is another drawing of Corra Linn, from the same tour, numbered 47, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

For further information on the artist's work see lot 114.