Live Auction 5905Christie's Interiors
Lot 343

John Downman, A.R.A. (1750-1824)

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

Closed7 April 2009

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GBP 1,875

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John Downman, A.R.A. (1750-1824)
Portrait of Anne Lucy Poulett, Lady Nugent (1790-1848), three-quarter length, seated, in white dress and blue stole, holding a sheet of music, an Irish harp on a pillar behind
signed and dated 'JDownman/1810' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
21½ x 16½ in. (54.5 x 41.8 cm.)

Specialist note

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