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Studies of original portraits (© Fitzwilliam Museum)
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Studies of original portraits (© Fitzwilliam Museum) Studies of original portraits (© Fitzwilliam Museum)

Studies of original portraits

Artist: John Downman (1750 - 1824)

Location: Fitzwilliam Museum

Date: 1777 - 1780

Materials: charcoal

Dimensions: 23 x 19 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £350 (Total: £350)

Review number: 998 (1936)

Provenance:
N Grenville, Lady Longmore

Description:
First studies of original portraits painted in oil on copper of distinguished persons, many of the University of Cambridge, with notes on the sitter. The 100 drawings are part of a larger collection arranged in four series. These are the second series arranged in five volumes now mounted.

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