Portrait of Master Twisden, three-quarter-length, in a blue coat, with a white collar, beside a whippet, holding a hat, a landscape beyond

細節

John Downman, A.R.A. (1750-1824)
Portrait of Master Twisden, three-quarter-length, in a blue coat, with a white collar, beside a whippet, holding a hat, a landscape beyond
signed and dated 'Downman 1794' (beneath the dog's head), inscribed 'Sir John Twisden Bradbourne Kent' (on the dog's collar) and with inscription 'Master Twisden 1794. Original. only Child of Sir John Twisden Bar^t of Bradbourne, whom I also drew, I painted this in Oil, large as life.' (on a typed label attached to the frame)
black chalk and watercolour
8¼ x 6 7/8 in. (21 x 20 cm.)

來源

with M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.

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拍品專文

According to an additional later inscription on the reverse of the frame, Master Twisden was the only son of Sir John Twisden Bt, of Bradbourn and Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral Geary. The Twisdens were a prominent family in Kent. Thomas Twisden purchased the estate of Bradbourne, Kent, in 1656 and in 1666 was made a baronet. He was knighted and made a High Court judge by Charles II and died at the age of 81. After him the Twisdens of Bradbourne provided three Members of Parliament and two Naval officers. The last and eighth baronet of Twisden of Bradbourne died in 1937.