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Watercolor of a wooded quarry with two workmen cutting stone beside a timber shelter under a tall rock face.

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Slate Quarry at Widecombe, Devon, John White Abbott (1792), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This watercolor and pen drawing shows a wooded quarry where two workmen shape stone slabs beside a rough timber shelter under a steep rock face. The foliage is rendered in warm ochres and greens, with a pale sky breaking through the trees. Titled Slate Quarry at Widecombe, Devon, the work is attributed to John White Abbott and dated 1792.

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