FDA-D.73-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.73-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Babbacombe, Devon
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by artist
collection
collection
Other number
Pi 3
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 300mm
width (actual size): 330mm
width (actual size): 330mm
Inscription
Border inscribed: 'Babicombe Devon 1800 jwa'; back of artist's mount inscribed as title and dated: 'JWA Augt. 26 1800'
Materials & techniques note
Pencil, pen & grey ink, and watercolour on three joined sheets within the artist's grey wash border
Production
Person
Abbott, John White, 1763 - 1851 (Artist)
Date
1800
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington; by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'Watercolours by John White Abbott', Fine Arts Society, London, 1949 (catalogue number 5311); 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Exhibited: 'Watercolours by John White Abbott', Fine Arts Society, London, 1949 (catalogue number 5311); 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Given by Alan Pilkington, (at Eton from 1961)
