Online Auction 21183Dramas of Light and Land: The Martyn Gregory Collection of British Art
JOHN DOWNMAN, A.R.A. (PROBABLY RUABON, WALES 1750-1824 WREXHAM)
Lot 71

JOHN DOWNMAN, A.R.A. (PROBABLY RUABON, WALES 1750-1824 WREXHAM)

Study of a spaniel

Closed24 March 2022

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GBP 1,386

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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
8 7⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 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.

Specialist note

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.

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