List of Works John White Abbott

From the Head of Lake Geneva, looking towards Montreux and the Castle of Chillon

Image name

Description

Creator: John White Abbott (1763 - 1851) after Francis Towne

Title(s)

From the Head of Lake Geneva, looking towards Montreux and the Castle of Chillon

Date: No date

Medium: Unknown

Inscription

artist's mount, verso
“From the Head of Lake Geneva, looking towards Montreux & Castle of Chillon”

Object Type: Unknown

Versions: A View of the Wrekin, Shropshire

Catalogue Number: FT833b

Description Sources: Agnew's records

Provenance

Sold by the artist’s great-granddaughter Rosetta Frances Dobson (1892–1965) to Agnew’s (no.2612) on 3 December 1937 among a group of twenty-five John White Abbott drawings (including FT818, FT828, FT833c). Agnew’s sold it to Henry Herbert Harrod (18701945) on 2 January 1939.

Associated People & Organisations: Untraced; Henry Herbert Harrod (1870 - 1945), 2 January 1939; Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, 3 December 1937, no.2612; Rosetta Frances Dobson (1892 - 1965), 3 December 1937

Exhibition History: [?] 65th Annual Exhibition of Water Colour and Pencil Drawings, Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1938

Comment

See the Comment at FT833c.

by Richard Stephens

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