Landscape with Figures and Cattle at a Stream
‘Landscape with Figures and Cattle at a Stream’ by John White Abbott, 1820. This oil on canvas by Abbott depicts a valley (rocks on the right, trees on the left) through which runs a stream. A young boy wearing a hat and holding a basket, leads the last animal (a grey horse) through the water with a stick. Already on the other side are three sheep (two seated), two cows and a bay horse.
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.
- 81/1933
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- Landscape with Figures and Cattle at a Stream
- Simple Name
- painting
- Inscription Transcription
- JWA 1820; WO 15446/4
- Period Classification
- George IV (1820-1830)
- Production Town
- Exeter
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1820
- Production Person Initials
- John White
- Production Person Surname
- Abbott
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
