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John White Abbott 1763-1851.
Study of Trees at Canonteign, Devon.
Inscribed verso: Canonteign July 24. 1809.
Pen and grey and brown ink and grey washes.
26.8 by 37.9 cm., 10 ½ by 14 ¾ inches.
Provenance:
With Thos. Agnew & Sons, London;
With Heather Newman, where bought by the present owner, 8th November 1996
Sir Edward Pellew, later Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833) bought the estate of Canonteign in the Teign valley, eight miles south-west of Exeter, from the Helyar family in the 1790s.
White Abbott and his fellow artist Francis Towne were frequent visitors to its secluded woodland.
Dimensions
26.8 by 37.9 cmThe BADA Standard
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