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Portrait of Mrs. Boyd, half-length, wearing a white dress with blue sash, and a white cap
Details
John Downman, A.R.A. (Ruabon, Wales 1750-1824 Wrexham)
Portrait of Mrs. Boyd, half-length, wearing a white dress with blue sash, and a white cap
signed and dated 'J. Downman/ 1784' (lower right) and inscribed 'Mrs Boyd his lady. 1784 Original.' (on the page of the sitters' book), and numbered '26' (upper right, overmounted)
pencil, stump and watercolour, oval; laid down on the page of the artist's sitters' book
7 7/8 x 6 ¼ in. (20 x 15.9 cm.)
Portrait of Mrs. Boyd, half-length, wearing a white dress with blue sash, and a white cap
signed and dated 'J. Downman/ 1784' (lower right) and inscribed 'Mrs Boyd his lady. 1784 Original.' (on the page of the sitters' book), and numbered '26' (upper right, overmounted)
pencil, stump and watercolour, oval; laid down on the page of the artist's sitters' book
7 7/8 x 6 ¼ in. (20 x 15.9 cm.)
Provenance
Stuart Samuels, M.P.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, 12 November 1991, lot 37, where purchased by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, 12 November 1991, lot 37, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
G.C. Williamson, John Downman, A.R.A., his Life and Works, London, 1907, p. lxi., no. 290.
Exhibited
London, Fine Art Society, May 1898, no. 39.