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Attributed to John White Abbott (1763-1851), Haldon, October 13th, 1803, pen, ink and monochromat...

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Attributed to John White Abbott (1763-1851), Haldon, October 13th, 1803, pen, ink and monochromat...
Attributed to John White Abbott (1763-1851), Haldon, October 13th, 1803, pen, ink and monochromatic watercolour washes, inscribed with title and dated 1803, 18.5 x 27 cm, unframed Haldon, Great and Little, are upland tracts in Devonshire, the county where Abbott spent all of his life. Martin Hardie, in Water-Colour Painting in Britain: The Eighteenth Century, London 1966, p.127, comments ..Abbott is at his best when he is dealing with detailed studies of trees and forest undergrowth, which allow full scope for his patient drawing, and, though he took from Townes the manner of such studies, he is in them at least as good as his master. (see illustration) £300-500