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John White Abbott, 1763–1851, British, Slate Quarry at Widecombe, Devon, 1792
- Title:
- Slate Quarry at Widecombe, Devon
- Date:
- 1792
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, pen, and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (23.8 × 19.1 cm), Mount: 13 7/8 × 12 inches (35.2 × 30.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in graphite, lower center: "9 3/8 x 7 1/4"; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, upper center: "The Slate Quarry at Widdicombe__Devon__"; in pen and brown ink, upper left: "No.1A"; in graphite, upper left: "108"; in graphite, lower right: "108"
Signed and dated on verso in pen and brown ink, upper center: "JWA ~ July 18. 1792 ~"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.1082
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- buildings | cliffs | labor | laborers | landscape | masons | men | quarry | slate | trees | workers | working
- Associated Places:
- Devon | England | Europe | United Kingdom | Widecombe-in-the-Moor
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9973
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 180-1, no. V.5, pl. 154, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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