John White Abbott
The Copper Mines on the Dart, Devon
16 July 1800
A talented amateur artist, Abbott was the pupil of Francis Towne, another Devonshire artist whose decorative style of flat washes enclosed in neat pen outlines Abbott closely imitated. Abbott had a curious habit of starting his drawing on a smaller sheet of paper and then extending it by adding strips at the bottom or sides as he worked on it, as may be seen in the present example.
Artist
Title
The Copper Mines on the Dart, Devon
Date
16 July 1800
Medium
Drawing
Materials
pen and brown ink with watercolour over traces of graphite, heightened with gum arabic on laid paperDimensions
29 x 30.6 cm (image extends onto mount 1 mm at top and right side)
Nationality
British
Credit line
Purchased 1938
Accession number
4446
