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John Downman, A.R.A. 1750-1824.
Portrait of Captain James Monro.
Three-quarter length, in profile, the sea beyond.
Signed lower left and dated 1789.
Watercolour and coloured chalks heightened with touches of bodycolour, oval.
19.8 by 16.1 cm., 7 ¾ by 6 ¼ in.
Provenance:
By descent in the Monro family.
Captain James Monro (1756-1806) was the daughter of John Monro and his wife Elizabeth and the brother of Dr Thomas Monro (???), the amateur artist and early patron of Turner and Girtin. He was a captain in the East India Company and regularly skippered ships between Britain and India.
Downman drew other members of the Monro family in the same manner, his sisters Charlotte (Courtauld Institute of Art, London, no. D.1967.WS.40) and Elizabeth (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, no. 2314.14).
Dimensions
19.8 by 16.1 cmThe BADA Standard
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