Exeter as seen from the River
John White Abbott was born and educated in Exeter, where he also practised as a surgeon. Through his uncle, James White, he met Francis Towne who initially gave him drawing lessons and later became a sketching companion. Although White Abbott exhibited annually at the Royal Academy between 1793 and 1805, he never gave up his profession as a surgeon. In 1771 he made his only extended tour out of the West Country travelling through Derbyshire, Lancashire, and the Lake District and up to Scotland.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 39/1941/1
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Common Name
- Exeter as seen from the River
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- (transcripton?) 1816
- Period Classification
- Regency (1811-1820)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1816
- Production Person Initials
- John White
- Production Person Surname
- Abbott
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
