Roan Duck, c. 1790

Not on View

watercolor and graphite on wove paper laid down

image (irregular): 15.88 × 17.15 cm (6 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)

sheet: 28.58 × 21.91 cm (11 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
sheet (support): 40.96 × 31.12 cm (16 1/8 × 12 1/4 in.)

2015.19.2809

John Abbot (artist) American, 1751 - 1839

lower center in graphite by unknown hand: 125

(Ibarcord Group, S.A., Fine Arts, London, England); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Corcoran Gallery of Art

1981: Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981

1982: Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982-1983

1983: American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983

1983: John Abbot in Georgia: The Vision of a Naturalist Artist, Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Georgia, 1983, p. 83, repro

1986: American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 12-13, no. 2, repro

1983: Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 1, no. 4.