Jaques and the Wounded Stag
‘Jaques and the Wounded Stag (previously entitled Stag Coming to Drink)’ by John White Abbott, 1838. This oil on canvas depicts a landscape scene dominated by lush vegetation: on the right a stag approaches a stream. Beyond the stag a number of deer are seen running away. On the left bank a reclining man with a horn and staff watches. Two further male figures watch the scene through branches on the far left.
John White Abbott (1763-1851) 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.
John White Abbott (1763-1851) 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.
- 52/1929/2
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- Jaques and the Wounded Stag
- Simple Name
- painting
- Inscription Transcription
- PAINTED BY JOHN WHITE ABBOTT ESQ OF FORDLAND HON RA BORN AT EXTER 1763 DIED 1851; Barnby Bendall & Co Depository Cheltenham Mrs Prevost
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1838
- Production Person Initials
- John White
- Production Person Surname
- Abbott
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
