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John White Abbott - Sheer Cliffs above a Coastal Road

Sheer Cliffs above a Coastal Road (1810)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
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John White Abbott

John White Abbott was an English surgeon and apothecary in Exeter, remembered as a keen amateur painter in both watercolour and oils. His watercolours are close in style to those of his teacher, Francis Towne.

Abbott was born on 13 May 1763 at Cowick near Exeter, Devon. He came from a wealthy family, which owned many estates in Exeter, one of which he eventually inherited in 1825.

By profession a surgeon and apothecary, he was a keen amateur painter in both watercolour and oils. He studied in Exeter with Francis Towne, to whom he was also a friend and patron, and his watercolour style was based on Towne's. His watercolours were generally landscapes, for which he toured to the Lake District, but in oil he also did history paintings. After inheriting an estate at the age of 62, he retired there, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Devonshire in 1831.

Abbott exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1795 and 1805; he is last recorded exhibiting there in 1822. His oil paintings were once well known but the great bulk of his work was landscape watercolours. He had a series of etchings of his paintings created which was nearly complete at the time of his death. He made a sketching tour to Scotland and the Lake District in 1791. It seems that Abbott never sold any of his paintings, and most of his works were retained by his family until well into the 20th century. Despite this, in his lifetime he was better known than his teacher, Francis Towne, some of whose Italian views he copied.

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A View of Core’s Library, Dawlish, Devon

A View of Core’s Library, Dawlish, Devon (1837)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
Trees in a Wood

Trees in a Wood (1807)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
The Warren Near Exmouth, Devon; Figures on Rocks at the Sea’s Edge

The Warren Near Exmouth, Devon; Figures on Rocks at the Sea’s Edge (1811)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
View from a Wood, Overlooking the River and Hills at Teignmouth, Devon

View from a Wood, Overlooking the River and Hills at Teignmouth, Devon (1810)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
The Mouth of the Cavern at Castleton in the Peak of Derby

The Mouth of the Cavern at Castleton in the Peak of Derby (1791)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
Wooded landscape

Wooded landscape (1790s-1820s)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
Trees Overhanging a Lake

Trees Overhanging a Lake (between 1803 and 1807)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
The Courtyard of Mr. Bank’s House, Northernhay, Exeter

The Courtyard of Mr. Bank’s House, Northernhay, Exeter (1816)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
Leigh Tor Rocks at Poundsgate, near New Bridge on the Dart, Devon

Leigh Tor Rocks at Poundsgate, near New Bridge on the Dart, Devon (1800)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
Peamore,Devon

Peamore,Devon (1799)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
An Italianate Landscape

An Italianate Landscape (ca. 1800)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
Figures on a Rocky River Bank at Canonteign, Devon

Figures on a Rocky River Bank at Canonteign, Devon (1801)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
The Warren near Exmouth, Devon; Steep Cliffs Rising at Right, Sea and Rocky Shore at Left

The Warren near Exmouth, Devon; Steep Cliffs Rising at Right, Sea and Rocky Shore at Left (1810)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
Slate Quarry at Widecombe, Devon

Slate Quarry at Widecombe, Devon (1792)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
Canonteign, Devon

Canonteign, Devon (1804)

John White Abbott (English, 1763-1851)
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