John White Abbott was born in Exeter, Devon, on 13 May 1763. While pursuing a ca… subscribers only
Greenaway on the River Dart, Devon, watercolour, 1792, by John White Abbott
Bibliography
1. Carolyn Jane Baker. Paintings and Drawings by Francis Towne and John White Abbott. [exhibition catalogue] Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, 1971 2. Oppé, A. P. ‘John White Abbott of Exeter’. Walpole Society vol. 13, 1924–25, pp. 67–84 3. Williams, Iolo Aneurin. ‘John White Abbott: A Devonshire Artist’, Apollo vol. 17, 1933, pp. 84–86