John Downman, A.R.A. (Ruabon, Wales 1750-1824 Wrexham)

Portrait of Anne Lucy Poulett, Lady Nugent (1790-1848), three-quarter-length, seated, in white empire-line muslin dress and blue shawl, holding a sheet of music, an Irish harp on a pillar behind

Details

John Downman, A.R.A. (Ruabon, Wales 1750-1824 Wrexham)
Portrait of Anne Lucy Poulett, Lady Nugent (1790-1848), three-quarter-length, seated, in white empire-line muslin dress and blue shawl, holding a sheet of music, an Irish harp on a pillar behind
signed and dated 'J Downman/ 1810' (lower right)
pencil, stump and watercolour, heightened with touches of white
22 ¼ x 16 5/8 in. (56.5 x 42.2 cm.)

Provenance

with Ellis Smith, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 2007, lot 198.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 7 April 2009, lot 343, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

G.C. Williamson, John Downman A.R.A., his Life and Works, p. lviii no's. 2 and 3, p. xxxi.

Lot Essay

Anne Lucy was the 2nd daughter of Lieutenant-General Vere Poulett. She married George Nugent Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent in 1813. There is also an unfinished full-length portrait of the sitter by Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (1769-1830).

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