Old Masters
Old Masters
Auction Closed
May 8, 12:10 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
JOHN DOWNMAN, A.R.A.
Ruabon, N. Wales 1750 - 1824 Wrexham
Portrait of Edmund Burke (1729/30–97);
Portrait of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)
the former signed (and indistinctly dated) lower left: J.D [...]
the latter signed and dated centre right: J.D / 1778
a pair, both oil on copper, ovals
each: 23 x 19.5 cm.; 9 x 7⅝ in.
(2)
Major General James Renton, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E. (1898–1972), Rowfold Grange, Billinghurst, Sussex;
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 21 December 1950, lot 70 (as a pair), for 12 Guineas;
With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
E.K. Waterhouse, The dictionary of British 18th century painters in oils and crayons, Woodbridge 1981, p. 113, reproduced in black and white (the latter only).
