© Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Exmouth 1811
Artist: John White Abbott (1763 - 1851)
Location: Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Materials: watercolour
Bequest:
Review number: 5869 (2006)
Provenance:
Collection of Lady Frances Anne Stevens.
Description:
View of the port of Exmouth in Devon at sunrise or sunset. The artist painted mainly in the vicinity of Exeter, where he lived and worked as an apothecary. The palette of brown and blue and bold outline drawing, influenced by Francis Towne, conveys a strong sense of radiant light, shadow and atmosphere.
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