Description
Creator
John White Abbott (1763 - 1851) after Francis Towne
Title(s)
  • Mons Lactarius, Naples
Date
No date
Medium
Pen and ink(?), watercolour
Dimensions
  • image height 197mm,
  • image length 254mm
Object Type
Watercolour

Catalogue Number
FT816a
Description Sources
1951 Exeter catalogue

Provenance

Descended to Captain J. N. White Abbott by 1951, whereafter it is untraced.

Associated People & Organisations

Untraced
Captain John White Abbott (20th Century)
Exhibition History
Three Exeter Artists of the Eighteenth Century: Francis Hayman RA, Francis Towne, John White Abbott, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 1951, no. 134

Comment

White Abbott drew “Mons Lactarius, Naples After Francis Towne”, which was exhibited in 1951. Its source is unknown, but may be part of FT230; at any rate it shows the site described in the distance of that work.

by Richard Stephens

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