Name: JOHN DOWNMAN, A.R.A. (PROBABLY RUABON, WALES 1750-1824 WREXHAM)
Brand: Study of a spaniel
Price: 1100.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

JOHN DOWNMAN, A.R.A. (PROBABLY RUABON, WALES 1750-1824 WREXHAM)
Study of a spaniel
pencil and stump with white and red chalk on paper with partial watermark
8⁷⁄₈ x 7¹⁄₂ in. (22.5 x 19 cm.)

The artist, and by descent to his daughter
Mrs Benjamin.
with Thomas Winstanley, London.
Sir Francis Watson, and by descent to
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 2 December 2014, lot 163.

London, Martyn Gregory, British Watercolours and Drawings 1750-1900, cat. 95, May 2016, no. 28.

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Lot Essay

Downman executed other sensitively drawn portraits of animals, including his spaniel, his cat 'Tibby' and wildlife in his garden including a toad from his pond.