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On the Dart, from Holne Chase

Maker

(artist)
1764-1851

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1800

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, watercolour on paper (two sheets joined together), laid down on artist's mount, the lower left corner made up on the mount

Dimensions

Height: 24.8 cm
Width: 19.7 cm

Accession Number

D.2007.DS.1

Mode of Acquisition

Dorothy Scharf, bequest, 2007 (March)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Abbott was born in Exeter, and the surrounding scenery, including the Dart River, running between Dartmoor and Dartmouth on the South Devon coast, was a recurrent theme in his work. His drawings are often constructed of several sheets of paper joined together and a join can be seen on the left hand side of this drawing.

Abbott was a pupil of Francis Towne, and the clarity of outline and flat colour scheme in his watercolours are stylistically very similar, if somewhat brighter, to those used by Towne.

Provenance

Christie's (London); Agnew's (London); Palser Gallery (London); Ruskin Galleries (Birmingham); Mrs E.D. Thompson; sold on her behalf at Leger Galleries (London), as 'The Dart from Holne Chase, South Devon with a group of trees beyond it'; purchased there by Malcolm Horsman (b. 1934) for £1,200, 9 September 1975; Miss Dorothy Scharf, London (1942-2004); Scharf Bequest 2007

Exhibition History

British Watercolours from the Scharf Bequest, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/2008-01/01/2009

122nd Annual Exhibition of English Watercolours and Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 27/02/1995-24/03/1995

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left, hidden under mount (visible via transmitted light): illegible for the moment but with a decent camera could invert on computer and possibly be legible. Mount, Recto: lower left, pen and ink, on artist's original washline: "on the Dart from Holne Chase. Devon". Mount, Verso: upper centre, pen and ink, signed and dated by the artist with his monogram: "On the Dart from Holne Chace. Devon. JWA. July 16 1800"; upper centre, graphite: "19 7/8 x 16 3/8 J WHITE ABBOTT 1763-1851"; lower right, graphite: "2739".

Collector's mark: none.

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