John White Abbott (Exeter 1763-circa 1851)The Kirk at Luss on Loch Lomond
signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'The Kirk at Luss on Loch Lomond/ JWA. July 1. 1791' and numbered 'No. 36.' (on original wash line mount)
watercolour on wove paper
18.8 x 23.7cm (7 3/8 x 9 5/16in).
unframed注脚Provenance
Mr Douglas (a great-grandson of the artist, and presumably inherited from his mother, Mrs Fanny J.E. Douglas, grand-daughter of the artist)
Mrs G. Walmsley, 1978
Sale, Christie's, London, 14 March 1978, lot 151
With Leger Galleries, 1978

John White Abbott made a sketching tour of Scotland and The Lake District in 1791. Works from this year are all dated and numbered (see: A.P. Oppe, 'John White Abbott of Exeter', in Walpole Society, vol. XIII, 1924-25, p. 75).