Portrait of a Young Man

John Downman (English, 1750–1824)

1781

Medium/TechniquePastel

DimensionsSheet: 21.6 x 18.7 cm (8 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.)
Framed: 34.3 x 30.5 cm (13 1/2 x 12 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

Accession number65.2564

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsPastels

Collections

InscriptionsBottom left: (Downman's monogram )/ 1781. Verso: pencil, May Gin / Geo Churchill.ProvenanceKnoedler, New York. [see note 1] April 2, 1943, sale of Wadsworth R. Lewis estate, Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 403, 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 sales catalogue. [2] This portrait was bought at the same time as 65.2563.