List of Works John White Abbott

L’Aiguille

Image name

John White Abbott, L’Aiguille

Photo courtesy of a Private Collection (All Rights Reserved)

Description

Creator: John White Abbott (1763 - 1851) after Francis Towne

Title(s)

L’Aiguille

Date: No date

Medium: Pen and grey ink, grey and blue washes

Dimensions

image height 220mm,
image width 150mm

Mount: mounted by the artist

Inscription

artist's mount, verso
“L’Aiguille. Light R. F.T.JWA”

Object Type: Monochrome wash

Versions: L'Aiguille

Catalogue Number: FT834

Description Sources: Examination; Sotheby’s records (image)

Provenance

Descended through the White Abbott family until offered for sale at Sotheby’s on 21 March 2001, lot 175 (with FT827), and again at Sotheby’s on 21 March 2002, lot 158 (with FT827), where it was bought by Martyn Gregory.

Associated People & Organisations: Private Collection; Martyn Gregory, London, 21 March 2002; Sotheby's, London, London, 21 March 2002
lot 158; Sotheby's, London, London, 21 March 2001
lot 175

Exhibition History: Three Exeter Artists of the Eighteenth Century: Francis Hayman RA, Francis Towne, John White Abbott, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 1951, no. 137

Comment

This is a version of an unidentified Francis Towne drawing (FT 337), known only from this copy.

by Richard Stephens

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