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John Downman
1750-1824
Portrait of a Lady, possibly Miss Weatherby
1796
Black chalk, blue, rose, and yellow watercolor, with white opaque watercolor on paper.
8 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches (223 x 183 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Walter H. Page in honor of Felice Stampfle.
1983.86
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscription:
Signed and dated at lower left, in black chalk, "J Downman / 1796".
Provenance:
Presumably P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London; J. Pierpont Morgan, New York; his son, J.P. Morgan, New York; his daughter, Mrs. George Nichols (the donor's mother), New York; by descent to Mrs. Walter H. Page.
Associated names:
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Nichols, Jane Norton Morgan, 1893-1981, former owner.
Page, Walter H., Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 254.
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