Lot Essay
A typed label attached to the reverse of the frame indicates that the drawing was executed at Pynes, near Exeter
The Property of a Gentleman
John Downman, A.R.A. (1750-1824)
Details
John Downman, A.R.A. (1750-1824)
Portrait of Mrs Hartop and her Child
signed with initials dated 1780, and inscribed on the mount 'Mrs Hartop & her Child. 1780. Origina./at ___ near Exeter./her Husband who I also drew/was soon after a Baronet.'; black and white chalk, stump and wtercolour, oval
8¼ x 7in. (210 x 178mm.)
Portrait of Mrs Hartop and her Child
signed with initials dated 1780, and inscribed on the mount 'Mrs Hartop & her Child. 1780. Origina./at ___ near Exeter./her Husband who I also drew/was soon after a Baronet.'; black and white chalk, stump and wtercolour, oval
8¼ x 7in. (210 x 178mm.)
Provenance
Stuart Samuel, M.P.
Literature
G.C. Williamson, John Downman, A.R.A., London, 1907, LXi, no. 293
Exhibited
London Fine Art Society, May, 1898, no. 60
London, British Fine Art Section, Franco-British Exhibition, 1908, no. 119
London, British Fine Art Section, Franco-British Exhibition, 1908, no. 119