Study of Trees at Canonteign, Devon

John White Abbott (1763 - 1851)

Whitworth Art Gallery

1800

Canonteign is the seat of Viscount Exmouth. At the time of this watercolour, the estate was quite neglected despite its well known waterfall. The artist liked it wildness and rode there quite frequently. The work depicts a waterfall in a rocky woodland.

• Medium: pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
• Dimensions: 52 x 37 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £21667 ( Total: £56,070)
• ArtFunded in: 2001
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

By descent from the artist.

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