John Downman

Posted Jul 2, 2009 at 13:28 CEST in Artists, Drawings and prints, Fashion, Georgiana, Paintings, and People.

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Portrait of a lady said to be Lady Bessborough.

John Downman was an English portrait painter and he’s one of my favourite 18th century artists. He made lots of beautiful little portrait drawings.

As always, let me know if you know where to find more or bigger pictures or perhaps know of a book featuring his work.

John Downman on Wikipedia.

John Downman on Answers.com.

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Eliza Pullein, 1782.

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Sarah Siddons, 1787.

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Miss Elizabeth Munro,1789.

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Lady Clarges, 1790.

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Mrs Mary Seawell of Great Bookham, 1792.

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Elizabeth (nèe Farren), Countess of Derby.

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Harriet, Lady Duncannon.

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Mrs. Bailay of St.Neots, 1781.

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1781.

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Sarah Hussey.

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Mr and Mrs Roberts.

The Fourdrinier Family.

And here are a couple of tiny ones I would love to see bigger:

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Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, ca. 1787.

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Isabella Hertford.

7 comments on “John Downman”

Danielle de la Mont, danielledelamont.blo…

The neckline of Harriet’s dress is amazing. I want to copy that someday.

Jul 4, 2009 at 10:44 CEST

Christine

It looks like the book listed on Wikipedia is available in a reprint by Kessinger Publishers. See Amazon. The 1907 original has both color and black and white reproductions. Very nice!

Jul 12, 2009 at 16:30 CEST

Angelica, mynewlifeskarberg.blogg.se

Hey, I just saw this blog, and I love it! It`s perfect. Do you know were I can buy a dress from the 18th century?
Love/Angelica

Jul 12, 2009 at 20:31 CEST

You mean an actual 18th century dress? This site has some authentic 18th century pieces for sale: http://www.trousseau.net Although the pictures seem to have disappeared from the site so I’m not sure if they’re still selling them. Occasionally you can find something on ebay as well but usually just smaller accessories.

If you just mean an 18th century reproduction dress you can check out the “costumers and web shops” category here on the blog: http://18thcenturyblog.com/costumers-web-shops.