Oxton
This sketch shows the house that John Swete built between 1781 and 1789 by using some of the money he had inherited in 1781. The family wealth came from slave plantations in Antigua. His inheritance allowed Swete to follow a passion for visiting and depicting the picturesque landscapes of Devon.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 438/1980/33
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Common Name
- Oxton
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- Berry other side
- Period Classification
- George III (1760-1811); Regency (1811-1820)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- c 1811
- Production Person Initials
- John
- Production Person Surname
- Swete
- Production Year Low
- 1810
- Production Year High
- ; 1812
