John White Abbott, Peasant Family & Rider by a Tree, 1836, Ink & Wash

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An original 1836 pen & ink drawing, John White Abbott, Peasant Family & Rider Resting by a Tree.A beautiful signed … Read more An original 1836 pen & ink drawing, John White Abbott, Peasant Family & Rider Resting by a Tree.A beautiful signed ink and wash drawing by John White Abbott (1763–1851). The subject depicted is typical of the figures that might populate Abbott's topographical drawings of his native rural Devon. They also evidence Abbott's connoisseurship and study of Old Masters, including the works of Nicolaes Bergham, which informed the style of the figures in his landscapes.There is a photographic record of this drawing in the Paul Mellon Centre Photographic Archive (no. PA-F06354-0171) where the work is identified as Peasant Family And Rider Resting By A Tree. This record states that the drawing featured in the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition, 1857.Ink and grey wash on laid paper with shield watermark. Laid down on thin card mount with wash line and window cut verso.All artworks come with a Certificate of Authenticity and—if it is a collection artwork—its accompanying collection text or artist biography. Signed: Initialled lower right. Inscribed: Inscribed with later cataloguing number verso. Dated: Dated lower left. Height: 17.7cm (7″) Width: 24.3cm (9.6″) Condition: Some age toning across the paper and slight foxing marks in places. There are two tiny holes to the paper, only visible when held to the light, at the centre and the lower left. On the verso around the periphery are paper remnants from previous mounting, which in a few places has caused abrasion to the paper surface on the verso and slight wrinkling to the paper at the lower edge. The age toning can be seen to extend onto the mounting card, within a framing window. Please see photos for detail. Presented: Unframed. See less