John White Abbott

John White Abbott (13 May 1763 – 1851) was an English surgeon and apothecary in Exeter, remembered as a keen amateur painter in both watercolour and oils.

[1] By profession a surgeon and apothecary, he was a keen amateur painter in both watercolour and oils.

His watercolours were generally landscapes, for which he toured to the Lake District, but in oil he also did history paintings.

After inheriting an estate at the age of 62, he retired there,[2] and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Devonshire in 1831.

His oil paintings were once well known but the great bulk of his work was landscape watercolours.