Early British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures

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Lot 127
  • 127

John White Abbott (1763-1851) and members of his family

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • John White Abbott (1763-1851) and members of his family
  • An album of drawings
  • other works by John White Abbott's wife Elizabeth Abbott and his sons Francis and Arthur Abbott, including two further drawings of fish attributed to John Downman
  • approximately two hundred and fifty-eight, sixty-six by John White Abbott, most signed, many dated between 1781 and 1855, most pen and ink and wash, a few watercolour, approximately six silhouettes, fifty-nine prints and one photograph

  • various sizes
  • (an album)
including: boats off Lympstone, ship building at Lympstone, Topsham, Lyme, Dawlish, near David's Hill, Northernhay Fields, boats off Exmouth, the Passage boat, the Conversion of St. Paul, figures studies and others subjects  

Provenance

by descent from the artist until acquired by the sister of the present owner