Lot Essay
Downman rarely produced works as large as this one.
Details
John Downman, A.R.A. (1750-1824)
Portrait of a Lady, half-length, wearing a brown dress and a white headdress
signed and dated lower left 'J. Downman/1784'; black chalk, stump and watercolour
20½ x 16¼in. (521 x 414mm.)
Portrait of a Lady, half-length, wearing a brown dress and a white headdress
signed and dated lower left 'J. Downman/1784'; black chalk, stump and watercolour
20½ x 16¼in. (521 x 414mm.)
Provenance
Mr Cartwright, 1911.
With Pawsey & Payne, February 1936.
J. Thursby-Pelham.
Mrs. Guy Argles and by descent.
With Pawsey & Payne, February 1936.
J. Thursby-Pelham.
Mrs. Guy Argles and by descent.
Exhibited
Paris, Exposition des pastellistes anglais du XVIIIe siècle, April-June 1911, no.114.
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Pictures, Drawings, Furniture and other objects of Art, Winter 1936-7, no.110.
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Pictures, Drawings, Furniture and other objects of Art, Winter 1936-7, no.110.