Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
John Downman, A.R.A.
Portrait of Major-General Spencer Cowper (1726-1797)
No reserve
Lot Closed
September 23, 03:33 PM GMT
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
John Downman, A.R.A.
Ruabon, N. Wales 1750 - 1824 Wrexham
Portrait of Major-General Spencer Cowper (1726-1797)
Watercolour and black chalk on laid paper;
signed and dated lower left: J Downman / P: t 1784; inscribed on two fragments preserved on the backboard: The portrait of / ? ? Cowper, and: Left to Hubert / (GERS)
186 by 150 mm
Sale, London, Bonhams, 7 June 2005, lot 42
After attending Westminster School and Worcester College, Oxford, the sitter entered the army. He rose through the ranks and, fighting in the American War of Independence, he was eventually made a Lieutenant-General (1787).
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