Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Portrait of a Young Lady
Portrait of a Young Lady

Portrait of a Young Lady

John Downman (English, 1750–1824)
1770–1824
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor and pastel on tissue or tracing paper and mounted on late 18th century pulp paper
DimensionsOverall: 22.2 x 18.4cm (8 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Framed: 34.3 x 30.5 cm (13 1/2 x 12 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2563
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsVerso of frame: Mrs. Rawlinson.ProvenanceP. & D. Colnaghi, London. Knoedler, New York. [see note 1] April 2, 1943, sale of Wadsworth R. Lewis estate, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 402, to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI [see note 2]; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)

Notes:
[1] As noted in the 1943 Parke-Bernet sale catalogue. [2] This portrait was bought at the same time as 65.2564.