Lot 6
6
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF SIR ANTHONY LOUSADA
John Downman, A.R.A. (1750-1824)

Portrait of a Lady, half-length, with an ostrich feather in her head-dress

Details
John Downman, A.R.A. (1750-1824)
Portrait of a Lady, half-length, with an ostrich feather in her head-dress
signed and dated 'J. Downman/P:t 1786' (lower left)
black and white chalk and watercolour, oval, on the artist's original mount, unframed
7 x 6 3/8 in. (19.7 x 16.2 cm.)

Lot Essay

The sitter is traditionally identified as a Mrs Halifax. There is no listing of a portrait of Mrs Halifax in the sketch books from Butleigh Court reproduced in G.C. Williamson, John Downman, A.R.A., London 1907.

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