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John White Abbott: The remains of Exeter castle   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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John White Abbott  (1763–1851)  wikidata:Q6263814
 
John White Abbott
Alternative names
J.W. Abbott; J. White Abbott
Description British watercolorist, apothecary, painter, surgeon and landscape painter
Date of birth/death 13 May 1763 Edit this at Wikidata 1851 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Exeter Edit this at Wikidata Exeter Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q6263814
Title
The remains of Exeter castle
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‘The remains of Exeter castle’ by John White Abbott, about 1787-1809. Pen and ink on paper. Exeter Castle is shown in its ruined state, and sits at the highest point in Exeter City. It ceased to be a military fortress during the English Civil War in 1646. Few buildings remain, but Abbott illustrates the gatehouse entrance which still stands today, with much of the old curtain wall.

John White Abbott (1763-1851) was born and educated in Exeter, where he also practised as a surgeon. Through his uncle, James White, he met Francis Towne who initially gave him drawing lessons and later became a sketching companion. Although White Abbott exhibited annually at the Royal Academy between 1793 and 1805, he never gave up his profession as a surgeon. In 1771 he made an extended tour out of the West Country travelling through Derbyshire, Lancashire, and the Lake District and up to Scotland.

Purchased with assistance from the Art Fund, MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund (2000-2012) and the Friends of RAMM, 2007
Depicted place Exeter Castle
Date between 1787 and 1809
date QS:P571, 1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319, 1787-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326, 1809-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium pen and ink on paper
Dimensions height: 113 mm (4.44 in); width: 152 mm (5.98 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,113U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,152U174789
institution QS:P195,Q7373646
Accession number
90/2007/13
Place of creation Exeter
Credit line Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Source/Photographer Royal Albert Memorial Museum
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