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 John Downman, a.r.a. 
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 By 
 
 Dr. Williamson 
 
 With a Catalogue of his Drawings 
 
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 Preface. 
 
 THE author has for some years past spent a portion of his leisure 
 in investigating the history of John Downman, in pursuance 
 of a promise he made to his friends in 1894 that his work on John 
 Russell should be followed by a similar volume on Downman. 
 There has not, however, been the opportunity for a perfect fulfil- 
 ment of that promise, as the documentary evidence concerning 
 Downman, which is believed to exist, has not been forthcoming, 
 and the investigations in various parts of England have only resulted 
 in a series of detached notes, and in gathering up some reminis- 
 cences and a few family stories. Although, however, it has not 
 been possible to compile an exhaustive book on the work of this 
 very interesting artist, it has been thought well to put into print 
 the material now available, and to supplement it by various 
 lists of the artist's works. The following pages contain details 
 and family information never before been committed to print, and 
 the author has endeavoured to connect the somewhat scattered 
 evidence concerning Downman, and to form it to the best of 
 his ability into a narrative of fact. He is quite convinced, as the 
 result of his investigations, that somewhere or other there are 
 still hidden away some letters and papers relating to Downman, 
 and it has even been suggested to him that an account book 
 belonging to the artist and a short diary were once in existence. 
 If the publication of these pages should aid in bringing to light the 
 lost papers, a considerable service will have been done to the 
 memory of Downman, and the author is not without hope that some 
 day some of these long lost papers may be discovered. 
 
 The author desires to express his very grateful thanks to the 
 Misses Lee, notably to Miss Catherine Lee, for placing at his 
 full disposal the family papers which had survived, and for 
 affording him a great deal of important information, also to Mrs. 
 Maitland, the owner of the series of Downman's sketch-books, for 
 permission to make free use of these books and to prepare a 
 complete schedule of their contents, which will be found in the
 
 Preface 
 
 appendix, and to reproduce many of the more interesting sketches. 
 He has further to thank the Marquis of Bristol, Miss Hervey, Mr. 
 E. M. Hodgkins, Mr. Bemrose, Mr. Alfred A. De Pass, and other 
 owners of pictures for permission to reproduce them ; Mr. Algernon 
 Graves for the assistance rendered by his book on the " Royal 
 Academy Exhibitors," and for leave to print the list of works ex- 
 hibited by Downman ; and the authorities of the Print Room at the 
 British Museum, notably Mr. Colvin and Mr. Binyon, for constant 
 and most kind assistance. Hearty thanks are due to the Rev. C. 
 H. Fielding, of West Mailing, for permission to quote from his 
 book entitled " Memories of Mailing and its Valley," and for special 
 information he has been good enough to obtain from various parish 
 registers and other sources. With regard to Downman's life in 
 Wales, the author wishes to express his gratitude to Mr. Alfred 
 Palmer, of Wrexham, Miss Constance Jocelyn Ffoulkes, Mr. 
 Scotcher, Mr. T. Bell, and Mr. Edwin Clarke, for the assistance 
 they have rendered ; and there are various members of the Down- 
 man family who have come to his rescue with such scraps of infor- 
 mation as they possessed. He would like to add a tribute of grate- 
 fulness to the memory of his late friend, Mrs. James Stuart- 
 Wortley, who was the first to draw his attention to the beauty of 
 the work of Downman, and whom he had the pleasure of assisting 
 at the Amateur Art Exhibition in 1893, when the Nevillc-Grenville 
 sketch-books were shown and public attention aroused, to the charm 
 of the dainty portraits, contained in them. 
 
 He has not supplied a full list of existing examples of Downman's 
 art, as to do so would be almost impossible. They are to be found 
 all over the country, in almost every English country house, but the 
 list of the contents of the sketch-books already referred to will 
 supply such information concerning the portraits painted by 
 Downman as the collector may be likely to require. 
 
 Burgh House, Hampstead, 
 May, 1907.
 
 JOHN DOWNMAN. 
 
 Chapter I. 
 
 EARLY DAYS. 
 
 A CONSIDERABLE amount of mystery surrounds the name of 
 John Downman. Very little indeed appears to be known 
 respecting his career, and still less of the details of his 
 early life. A few recollections have been handed down 
 to some of his immediate descendants, but they are more or 
 less of a legendary character, and relate only to three episodes 
 in his life : one when he was a boy, one at the time of middle 
 age, and the third when he was in prosperous circumstances 
 and getting well on in life. Around these three stories we 
 shall have to group such information as we possess, hoping 
 that perhaps the issue of this little book may lead to the 
 discovery of still further details concerning the artist. At the 
 outset one old tradition has to be demolished, that which calls 
 Downman a Devonshire man. He certainly came from the stock 
 of a Devonshire family, one which had rooted itself very deeply 
 in that county, and had branches of more or less importance in 
 many towns ; but the artist sprang from a cadet branch, and all the 
 evidence which the author has been able to acquire points to John 
 Downman having been born at Ruabon. Even here, however, the 
 mystery cannot be entirely cleared away. The most diligent 
 research has not resulted in the discovery of any entry of the birth 
 of John Downman in the registers of that town. They are not 
 very complete for the period about 1750, but still it was hoped 
 that close investigation would have revealed the missing date. 
 Such has not been the case, and it is suggested that probably 
 the family resided in one of the little hamlets on the outskirts 
 of Ruabon and not in the town itself, and that presently in some
 
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 little village near by the entry concerning his birth will be found. 
 He certainly went to school in Ruabon, and it has been handed 
 down to his descendants that he gave very little time to study, 
 and could not be prevented from making sketches of his com- 
 panions. On one occasion, when quite a little fellow, he was 
 attending a dame school, and for misconduct was stood in the 
 corner of the room and had a tall white dunce's cap with two 
 broad white streamers hanging from it, placed upon his head. 
 Glancing round now and again surreptitiously, that he might 
 verify the likeness, he applied himself to sketching at the end 
 of these two streamers clever portraits of the two old ladies 
 who kept the school. Then having Bnished this work he proceeded 
 to draw portraits of his schoolfellows on the whitewashed wall 
 in front of him. The old ladies were, it is said, so charmed 
 with their portraits that they forgave him his offence, whatever 
 it was, and the two long streamers were cut off from the cap 
 and put between two pieces of glass bound round with gilt paper, 
 and shown to admiring visitors for many a long day after 
 Downman had left the school. The portraits of the boys and 
 girls were, it is stated, more or less caricatures ; they were 
 washed off the wall. In the local Grammar School, which 
 Downman is believed to have attended, he had the same character. 
 His exercise books and his school books were covered with 
 sketches, and of his lessons only those which had any reference 
 to natural history or to men and women who had taken a great 
 place in the world's politics had any attraction for him. It is 
 said that he sketched imaginary portraits against the name of any 
 person mentioned in English history, such as he thought he must 
 have looked like, and no doubt it was this habit of trying to 
 discover a man's likeness, by means of his character, that was so 
 useful to the artist in later days, when he had to delineate 
 character in drawing a portrait. 
 
 Researches made by Miss Catherine Lee, the result of which 
 has been kindly placed at our disposal, have enabled us to arrive at 
 some information concerning the parents of the artist. There was.
 
 QUEEN CHARLOTTE. BY JOHN DOWNMAN 
 SIGNED AND DATED I782 
 
 {Hudgkins Collection)
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 it would appear, a certain Hugh Downman (1672-1728/9), who was 
 Master of the House of Ordnance at Sheerness. He is the earliest 
 member of the family whom at present we are able to trace, and he 
 had two sons and two daughters. His eldest son, Charles Down- 
 man, was Clerk of the Survey at Sheerness, and married Anne 
 Player, of Town Mailing, Kent, and it is evident that his wife 
 constituted the connection between the Downman family and the 
 little village of Town Mailing, where the artist eventually lived. 
 This Charles Downman resided at Bully Hill, Rochester, and 
 Downman made a sketch of him in 1775, inscribing it as follows : 
 " He was the eldest son of Hugh Downman, Master of the House 
 of Ordnance at Sheerness, at whose death his many friends made 
 be engraved on his tomb these words : 
 
 ' Here lies honest Hugh Downman.' 
 
 And his son, whose portrait you now see, inherited his virtues, and 
 was indeed truly amiable and good. And I, J. Downman, his 
 youngest nephew, am happy to record it on this my drawing." It 
 has been suggested that Downman was very likely staying with this 
 uncle, Charles, when the episode of the press-gang happened, to 
 which we refer later on, as Rochester was a very likely place for 
 such an event to occur. 
 
 The second of Hugh Downman's sons was the artist's father. 
 He was Francis, an attorney-at-law, who resided for some time at 
 St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire, but whether this residence in Hunt- 
 ingdonshire took place prior to the family settling in Wales is not 
 very clear. 
 
 Information regarding Hugh Downman's two daughters will be 
 found in the pedigree attached to this volume. 
 
 Francis Downman had five sons who are quaintly described in 
 the family papers : of William, the eldest, it is said that he was 
 "bred a mechanick," and that by his wife he "begat sons and 
 daughters innumerable" ; while of Charles, the third son, we are 
 told he was " bred to the sea," that he went to the East Indies in 
 1763, and died captain of a ship in that country in 1780." The
 
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 fourth son, Hugh, was also " bred a mechanick," but he had no 
 issue. John, the artist, was the fifth son. The second son, 
 Francis, was rather an important man; he became a Lieutenant- 
 Colonel in the Royal Artillery, and saw a good deal of service, 
 especially in connection with the capture of Sta. Lucia. An 
 interesting book concerning him was compiled by Colonel F. A. 
 Whinyates, of the Royal Horse Artillery, and published at Wool- 
 wich in 1898. It deals with the services of Lieutenant-Colonel 
 Downman in French North America and the West Indies, and 
 contains portraits both of Colonel Downman and of his great 
 friend. Colonel T. James, also of the Royal Artillery, after drawings 
 made by John Downman. This Colonel Downman settled down 
 in the village of Town Mailing, and there he died at the age 
 of eighty-five. It was probably because of his residence in 
 the village (as he appears to have been the artist's favourite 
 brother) that John Downman eventually took up his residence 
 in that place. Colonel Francis Downman married Jane, 
 daughter of Francis Day, of Pontefract, Yorkshire, and his 
 friend. Colonel James, married another Miss Day, so that 
 the two companions were brothers-in-law. Colonel Downman had 
 one son, Thomas, afterwards Sir Thomas Downman, and four 
 daughters, Emilia, who died unmarried ; Anne Phoebe, John Down- 
 man's favourite niece, to whom we make some reference further 
 on, and who married Richard Debary, a solicitor, and from whom 
 Miss Lee is descended ; Jane, who married W. Douce, of Mailing, 
 Kent, and Charlotte, who married J. Scudamore, a solicitor. 
 The military element in the family on this side was a very strong 
 one, as Sir Thomas Downman's two sons were in the army, one, 
 John, a major of the 83rd regiment, and the other, George, captain 
 of the 66th regiment, while both his daughters married military 
 men. The portrait of one of them is on page 54. Major John 
 Downman also had one son, George, who was a colonel in the 
 Gordon Highlanders, and was killed in the Boer War, 1900. 
 
 To revert now to John Downman's father. It is clear that 
 he married Charlotte Goodsend, the eldest daughter of Francis
 
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 Goodsend, private secretary to Georj^e I., and this information 
 is derived from two portraits by John Downman. One is of his 
 mother, and is dated 1777, and upon it he has inscribed, " She 
 was Charlotte, the eldest of the two daughters of Francis Good- 
 send, who had no son, and wife to Francis Downman, an eminent 
 Attorney-at-Lavv, of St. Neots, Huntingdonshire. 
 
 " My excellent mother, so truly hind 
 And higiily in all earthly good refined, 
 But once in life she chastisement gave. 
 And then she did relent my tears to save. 
 Oh ! memory sweet that sweets the passing sigh 
 In a soft tear of perfect sympathy." 
 
 J. D. 1819. 
 
 Down man's mother's sister was Mrs. Hunter, the wife of a 
 Mr. John Hunter, and on a drawing of her, also dated 1777, we 
 have this inscription, " My incomparable and delightful aunt, and 
 whose great accomplishments were only equalled by her virtues. 
 She was wife to John Hunter, Esq., the owner of little England, 
 in Virginia, which he left before the war, and refused that govern- 
 ment. She was Emilia, the second daughter of Francis Goodsend, 
 private secretary to George the First, and came with him to 
 England. J. Downman." Mrs. Hunter had one daughter, Isabella, 
 whom Downman speaks of on one of his sketches as " my dear 
 beloved cousin." Angelica Kauffman painted her portrait. 
 
 We now have the family, so far as can be at present arrived at, 
 clearly before us, and when we first meet the artist, his father 
 and mother were certainly residing in or near Ruabon. It seems 
 possible that they had left St. Neots after the birth of the four 
 elder children, and come into a part of the world where they 
 probably had some relations. Possibly in later years Downman's 
 father returned to Huntingdonshire, as there is a tradition in the 
 family that he died in or near that place. 
 
 The parents, when living in Wales, appear to have been people 
 of small means, and the father, although not in regular practice, 
 assisted his poorer neighbours when they required the help of an 
 attorney. His desire was that his son should take up the same
 
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 profession ; but his talent for drawing was so evident that 
 all such ideas were placed aside, and John Downman was sent to 
 Chester and then to Liverpool to learn drawing. Eventually he 
 came to London in 1767, and in the following year entered the 
 Royal Academy Schools. The teaching he received at Chester 
 and Liverpool was a great trouble to him, but no doubt exceedingly 
 useful. It consisted very largely of lessons in geometry and 
 perspective, and of making careful shaded drawings from plaster 
 casts ; but the boy is said to have hated it, and, at the age of 
 eighteen, insisted upon coming up to London and pursuing his art 
 education under more pleasant arrangements. His talent was so 
 strong that after a couple of years at the School he felt himself 
 able to set up for himself and to exhibit his own work. He 
 therefore sent to the exhibition in 1770 a kitcat portrait of a lady 
 at work, believed to represent his own mother, and two years 
 afterwards the portrait of his uncle, threequarter length, ^nd a 
 companion one of a lady. During those two years he had been in 
 the studio of Benjamin West, the President, who had taken a 
 great fancy to Downman. The affection was warmly reciprocated 
 by the pupil, for Downman, more than once, wrote of West as 
 " my most beloved teacher." They had a link in common beside 
 that of art, as Downman's parents were Quakers, and West came 
 of a Quaker stock, and was himself greatly attached to that form 
 of faith. It is not known for certain whether John Downman ever 
 fully and openly accepted the faith and practice of the Friends. 
 There are no records of him to be discovered at Bishopsgate, but 
 it seems likely that he was all his life more or less in sympathy 
 with the Friends, and attached to their principles. 
 
 In 1773 he exhibited his first historical picture, which he called 
 " The Death of Lucretia, when Brutus swore eternal enmity to 
 Tarquin and his house," and with it he sent in two small portraits 
 in oil, said to have been painted upon copper. Between 1775 and 
 1777, the date of his next appearance at the Royal Academy, 
 occurred the second of those episodes which have been handed 
 down in fragmentary form. The story goes that he went down to
 
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 HONBLE. MRS. ARBUTHXOT. 
 BY JOHN DOWNMAN. 
 
 SIGNED AND DATED lyyg 
 
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 His Life and Wori< 
 
 visit some relatives, and was laid hold of by the press-gang, blind- 
 folded, gagged, and taken on board a vessel. It is suggested that 
 this event probably took place in 1775, as in that year the American 
 War for Independence broke out, and "pressing" went forward with 
 more energy than ever. It is quite likely that the relative whom 
 Downman was visiting was his uncle, Charles, then resident at Bully 
 Hill, Rochester. The ship sailed for some distant port— the story 
 says one of the South Sea islands — and Downman despaired of ever 
 seeing his home again. He is said to have married a couple of years 
 before, and to have been presented with twin children by his wife. 
 The thought of his wife and family, who were of course absolutely 
 ignorant concerning him, preyed very much upon his mind. His 
 entreaties for release were, however, in vain. He was a fine, well- 
 built young fellow, exactly the sort of man that was wanted, and 
 the ship had now left England with but little intention of returning 
 to the country for some years. Downman appears, however, to 
 have made friends with those who were his enforced comrades, and 
 by drawing their portraits to have gained their unbounded satisfac- 
 tion, so much so that one of the sailors, who had a brother at the 
 port at which they touched, persuaded this man to take the artist's 
 place on the vessel and release him ; and Downman is believed to 
 have escaped one night, leaving behind him a handsome gold watch 
 with seals which West had given him, as a gift to the generous- 
 minded sailor who had arranged for his release. The story goes 
 that he was absent from England for nearly two years, and 
 returned to find his wife and family in a garret in Cambridge, 
 where Mrs. Downman had some relations, but in a state of poverty 
 and scarcely expecting ever to see the artist again. We are 
 furthermore told that within a day or two after his return 
 Downman accidentally hit upon an idea of which he made con- 
 siderable use in portrait drawings on subsequent occasions. It is 
 stated that a pencil drawing he had made of his wife was lying 
 upon the table one day, the reverse of it being uppermost, and that 
 one of the children, amusing himself with his father's brush and 
 colours, dabbed some pink on to the paper where the face had been
 
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 drawn. Downman, coming in shortly afterwards, lifted up the 
 drawing, thinking it had been spoiled, but found that the paper was so 
 thin and the colour so strong that a pleasing effect had accidentally 
 been produced. He was so delighted with the manner in which the 
 colour showed through the paper that in many of his portraits he 
 applied colour to the reverse of the drawing instead of to the face 
 of it, and produced the charming result which to-day is so much 
 admired. He commenced to support his family by making a series 
 of drawings of the undergraduates in the various colleges, and at 
 first took an easel into the college gardens and worked there for 
 very small fees and as quickly as possible, in order that he might 
 earn sufficient money to remove with his family to London. There 
 are many of his Cambridge portraits to be found in the series 
 of sketch-books now belonging to Mrs. Maitland, to which we shall 
 refer presently. Amongst them are drawings of iMr. Lowther, of 
 Trinity, afterwards Earl of Lonsdale, of Mr. Craddock of Emmanuel, 
 of Mr. Trilogue of Queen's, Mr. Heighten of Caius, Mr. Tyson of 
 Bene't's (sic), Mr. Farhill of the same college, Mr. Mantle of the 
 same, Mr. Curtis of St. John's, Mr. Tyoroton of Trinity, Mr. Lovett 
 of Trinity, Lord Althrop of Trinity, Mr. Ford of St. John's, Mr. 
 Steed of Christ's, Mr. Randolph of King's, Sir Thomas Proctor of 
 Christ's, Lord Euston of Trinity, and others. In one or two cases 
 he also painted the Heads of colleges, as, for example. Dr. Farmer 
 of Emmanuel, and Dr. Goddard of Clare Hall; and he copied pictures 
 already existing in the colleges, as those of Dr. Bentley and Sir 
 Isaac Newton, both from originals by Sir James Thornhill in 
 Trinity College hall. On moi-e than one occasion he appears to 
 have executed portraits for undergraduates who were close friends, 
 that they might exchange one with the other. The picture of the 
 Earl of Euston he mentions was done for Sir Thomas Proctor, and 
 that of Sir Thomas Proctor for Lord Euston, and there ai-e also 
 instances in which members of a family coming to Cambridge 
 commissioned portraits of themselves for their sons. For example, 
 there were portraits of two brothers, Mr. Kynneston the elder, and 
 Mr. Kynneston the younger, done for Sir John Kynneston Powell ;
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 Mr. Wakefield, of Richmond, while on a visit to his brother Gilbert, 
 who was at Cambridge, and a portrait of the undergraduate himself 
 that the elder brother might take back with him to Richmond ; also 
 Mrs. Pervis, Mrs. Doily and Mrs. and Miss Colville, persons who 
 had come to see their friends at the University ; and we must not 
 forget Miss Peggy Wale, a noted beauty of Cambridge, who after- 
 wards married Mr. Tyson of Bene't's. For various important 
 people in the town he executed other commissions, painting, for 
 example, for Mr. John Mortlock, the banker, a picture of the Rev. 
 Henry Hubbard at that time Registrary of the University, and for 
 the same gentleman a portrait of himself and one of his wife, as well 
 as one of his daughter who had married the Bishop of Lincoln, then 
 Master of Christ's College. Mr. Mortlock's partner, Mr. Francis, 
 also sat to him, and more than one merchant in Cambridge; while 
 the leading apothecary, Thackary, employed him to paint portraits 
 of his son and daughter. His work became very quickly known 
 and admired, so much so that he was a welcome visitor in several 
 important houses round about, where he was invited for artistic 
 purposes. He went to stay at Peterborough to paint Dr Hinch- 
 cliffe the Bishop, then Master of Trinity, and also his wife and 
 daughter ; and they passed him on to Crewe Hall, as Mrs. 
 Hinchcliffe was the sister of Mr. John Crewe, afterwards Lord 
 Crewe. There he painted Mr. and Mrs. Crewe, their daughter and 
 Mr. Crewe's brother, and also Sir Stephen Glynne, who was at that 
 time visiting at Crewe Hall. 
 
 From the very earliest period of Downman's career he commenced 
 the practice of making notes on his pictures respecting the persons 
 whom he painted. In some instances these notes were still further 
 elaborated in his own sketch-books, for he appears to have adopted 
 a system of making a more or less careful sketch for the portrait 
 in his own sketch-books, and appending to it information as to 
 whom it represented and the date on which he had made the 
 drawing. It may be well, perhaps, in this place to refer more 
 carefully to the series of sketch-books already mentioned. They 
 were purchased in 1845-6 by the late Hon. and Rev. George Neville
 
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 Grenville, Dean of Windsor, and of Butleigh Court, Glastonbury. 
 They were sold by Miss Downman, who had received them from 
 the artist and cherished them for many years. They are not all 
 of one size, some volumes being nearly folio and others about 
 quarto size, but in every case the sketch-book has an interesting 
 title-page drawn by the artist himself and a list of its contents, 
 while at the foot of each sketch there is a note concerning the 
 sitter. As we have just mentioned, these notes are in some cases 
 rather fuller of detail than the similar note the artist appended to 
 the finished portrait. The sketch-books comprise four series. In 
 the second series there are five volumes, in the third four volumes, 
 and in the fourth six volumes. The first series did not come into 
 the possession of Mr. Grenville, but had, it is believed, been sold 
 by Miss Downman on an earlier occasion. It is now scattered, 
 one or two volumes of it belonging to Lord Rosebery, while others 
 are in the possession of different collectors. The best sketch- 
 books, however, went to Butleigh Court, and have now descended 
 into the possession of Mrs. Maitland, by whose very kind permis- 
 sion many of them have been reproduced for the first time as 
 illustrations to this book. They are the chief sources of our 
 information concerning the artist, supplemented only by a few 
 detached reminiscences and a few letters. The notes appended 
 to the sketches are very often of a distinctly personal nature most 
 interesting to peruse. To the portrait of Mr. Lovatt, of Trinity 
 College, Downman added the statement, " he was glad to be in the 
 Church that he might have the talk to himself at least one day 
 in the week." To that of Miss Colville he added, "her face had 
 been sadly cut by glass in the overturn of their chariot; " to that 
 of Mrs. Poore, "done a day after she was so sadly killed;" while 
 on that of an unknown lady are these words, " I never knew or 
 saw her again, though the ladies with her highly approved of it. 
 Often taken for the celebrated Mrs. Sheridan." One of his longest 
 inscriptions was written on a portrait of Lord Ashburton, which 
 now belongs to Mrs. Maitland. He wrote : " Original study. He 
 was General Dunning, the great lawyer, and just created a baron. 
 
 xvi.
 
 MISS MILLS. BY JOHN DOVVNMAN 
 SIGNED AND DATED 
 
 (Hodgkins Collection)
 
 His Life and Worl<s 
 
 I visited him at Putney. His lady brought him something cooling, 
 as the heat was great : he said he would with pleasure let the 
 Thames pass through him. After his death I was flattered by 
 Sir Joshua Reynolds having mine to finish one he had begun." 
 As a rule the notes are concerned either with the history or the 
 family of the person, or they refer to the number of times Downman 
 painted portraits of the same sitter. On a picture of Dr. Lort, of 
 Trinity College, the artist writes that he was a man " of great 
 character ; painted three of this, one for Dr. Porteous, the Bishop 
 of Chester, who I also drew." On that of Mr. Bridgeman he 
 records the fact that he was " the eldest son of Sir Henry 
 Bridgeman, baronet, whose untimely death was much lamented. 
 I also drew his two brothers and sisters." To the one of Lord 
 Althrop he adds, " I painted two of this." On that of Richard 
 Cooper, the engraver, he writes, "Just before his clandestine 
 marriage ; " on that of Lady Charlotte Waldegrave, " Taken on the 
 morning of her wedding. She died young ; " and of Lady Beau- 
 champ, after stating who she was, he adds, " I drew three of this 
 and her little boy." To the portraits of the Duchess of Rutland, 
 Countess of Tyrconnel, and Lady Elizabeth Foster, he added the 
 statement that of the first he drew nine different portraits, of 
 the second eight, and of the third three, and a " whole length on 
 a large scale." AH these pieces of information are of extreme 
 interest, especially to those who are descended from the persons 
 whose portraits Downman painted. In some cases the artist goes 
 a little further, and gives us still more personal comments on his 
 sisters. Mr. Wolffe he calls " a most amiable man ; " of Mrs. 
 Hamilton he says, "she played and sang delightfully;" of Dr. 
 Mountain he declares " he was truly a man in every sense of the 
 word ; " Miss Mary Wale was " fair and lovely," Miss Ives " lovely 
 and fair," Miss Roberson " a writer of great ability," Miss Tysdon 
 a "very tiresome sitter; she fidgetted all the time." Mrs. 
 Seaforth " would not sit still ; " Miss Ford " never was quiet for a 
 moment;" another Miss Ford "objected to having her portrait 
 painted and looked at me in most unpleasant manner." Of the
 
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 Rev. Mr. Richards, of Longbreddy, Downman declared that " he 
 had the finest manor for game in England." Of the Rev. William 
 Way he stated that " he played at backgammon from Wednesday 
 morning till Saturday night; " while of Lady Newton he added 
 the very unsatisfactory comment that " she sometimes wore very 
 light hair as well as darU," making the statement still worse in 
 another drawing of the same lady to which he has appended the 
 words, " this was drawn in her dark wig." He did not object to 
 having a little bit of fun at his own expense concerning the 
 portraits. As to a portrait of Mr. Woolcombe, he added the words, 
 " When the picture was sent home it made one daughter laugh 
 and the other cry ; " while, in order to explain the reason for a 
 curious effect in the portrait of the Rev. Dr. Grant, he wrote at 
 the foot of it, " A literary character of note. He had lost an eye 
 for which I have heard him abuse John Hunter;" and one is set 
 wondering as to whether the celebrated surgeon had performed 
 an operation on this gentleman which was not particularly satis- 
 factory. To the picture of a Vicar of East Mailing he added the 
 words, " He went nine miles to see an antiquity and set off in a 
 gallop ; '' while a bit of sly praise for his own work appears on a 
 portrait of Miss Mordaunt, where he states, " Her Rev. father said 
 no one could take her portrait, but was delighted to confess him- 
 self mistaken." On the portrait of Mrs. Boyd he is a little 
 sarcastic, adding underneath it, " Oh, you beauty," with three 
 notes of interrogation after the last word. The lady does not 
 appear particularly charming, and it is probable that she had a 
 higher idea of her own charms than had the artist. There are 
 many words of praise on portraits of children, especially those of 
 young girls. One is called " an extraordinary child," another '• a 
 clever musician," a third is spoken of as "though deaf and dumb 
 very clever," a fourth is " sweetly pretty." The remarks are not 
 always complimentary, as one child is inscribed as a " tiresome 
 little fidget," another is " pretty, but knew it a great deal too well;" 
 and of a third Downman says, " If the mother had not persuaded 
 me I would never have drawn the child ; I had no pleasure in it."
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 On three young ladies' portraits he made rather personal com- 
 ments ; of one he says, " Her mental and personal attractions made 
 numberless suitors ;" of another, " Very pretty but empty-headed ; " 
 and of the third, " Lovely and very good." It will be seen, there- 
 fore, that he was given to a very free expression of his own 
 opinions, but amongst the hundreds of portraits by him which we 
 have inspected, we have not found more than half-a-dozen on 
 which the comments can really be termed harsh, and in the 
 majority of cases the information is confined to most valuable 
 statements respecting family history and to kindly comments on 
 his sitters. There are very few of his portraits that are not 
 named in some way or other, and hence their great importance to 
 the present generation. It would seem likely that in the various 
 instances in which the portraits are not named they are those of 
 persons who were unknown to Downman himself, or of whom it 
 was undesirable the names should be mentioned. 
 
 By this long excursus into the question of Downman's inscrip- 
 tions we have interfered somewhat with the chronological survey 
 we were making. While the artist was in residence at Cambridge 
 in 1777 he sent in several portraits to the Royal Academy, but we 
 do not know the names of any of the persons who were represented, 
 with one exception. Among the five portraits of gentlemen cata- 
 logued under No. 104, Horace Walpole states that " one was West, 
 the painter;" and in Mrs. Maitland's sketch-books there are three 
 portraits of Benjamin West, dated that very year, on one of which 
 appears the following inscription: "Benjamin West, Esq., 1777, 
 born in March 1738, d. 1820, the great historical painter, my most 
 beloved teacher." It is evident from this inscription that 
 Downman added it to the portrait some time after he had made the 
 original sketch. In the following year he came up to London and 
 settled in Bedford Street, Covent Garden, exhibiting at the Royal 
 Academy every year from that down to 1819. In 1779 he left 
 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, and went to live at 79, St. James's 
 Street, where he remained until 1785, when his address was 
 Leicester Fields. In 1795 he became an Associate of the Royal
 
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 Academy. He at once left Leicester Fields and moved to Fitzroy 
 Street, a mucli more fashionable neighbourhood, where he stayed 
 till 1802, going then to 116, New Bond Street. In the follow- 
 ing year he moved to 41, Jermyn Street, and in 1804 to 188, 
 Piccadilly. He then left London for a while and sojourned in 
 the country. During all these years the majority of pictures 
 sent in to the Academy were portraits, but very few of them 
 can now be identified. Thanks to the notes made by Horace 
 Walpole and other visitors to the Academy, and copied by Mr. 
 Algernon Graves in his invaluable work on the Royal Academy 
 Exhibitors, we know the names of some persons whose portraits 
 were sent in. In 1783 there was one of Valentine Green, the 
 engraver; in 1785 a portrait of Lady Euston ; in 1787 Miss Farren 
 and Mr. King playing in " The Heiress ; " and in the same year 
 portraits of the Princess Royal and of Princess Augusta. These four 
 were in water-colour. In the following year he exhibited portraits 
 of "four ladies of quality," three of whom were the Duchess 
 of Devonshire, the Duchess of Richmond and Lady Duncannon, 
 and at the same exhibition was shown his delightful drawing of 
 Edwin and Mrs. Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in " The Agreeable 
 Surprise ; " and also those of the two great actresses, Mrs. 
 Siddons and Miss Farren. In the following year portraits of four 
 children are declared as belonging to the Pelham family, and one 
 of the " ladies of quality " exhibited was a Mrs, Broadhead. There 
 was a portrait of Mr. Bland in 1792, and one of Canon Jackson in 
 1797; but in 1798 Downman commenced to put the names to 
 several of his portraits, and we find consequently that he exhibited 
 in that year portraits of Mrs. and Miss Burrow, Mrs. Soane, 
 senior. Master Soane, Miss Hicks, the two Miss Russells and Mrs. 
 Sinclair. In 1799 he exhibited portraits of Mr. R. Twopenny, 
 Mrs. Foxhall and her son, Mr. Holston, Miss Charlotte, Lady 
 Mulgrave, Mrs. Dudlow and her son. In the following year there 
 were drawings of Miss Lushington, Miss Augusta Lushington, 
 Mr. Keble, Mrs. Mountford, Master Smith, and Master Mitford. 
 In 1801 he sent in portraits of the Hon. Miss Caroline Courtenay,
 
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 HONBLE. MRS. HARCOURT. BV JOHN DOWNMAN 
 SIGNED AND DATED I77Q 
 
 (Hodgkins Collection)
 
 His Life and Worl<s 
 
 who was afterwards Lady Caroline Morland, and a connection of 
 his own, as Dr. Hugh Downman, the physician at Exeter, had 
 married a Miss Andrew, first cousin of Lord Courtenay. He 
 also exhibited portraits of Mr. Sharpe, Lady Ward, Master 
 Tolson, Mr. Thomas Daniel and his nephew, William Daniel ; and 
 finally in 1804, the year before he left London, he sent in those of 
 Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Wolff, Miss Dalaval (see page 52), Miss Perfect, 
 the Hon. Captain Legge, and the Rev. Mr. Hill. To the last- 
 named portrait we shall refer again presently. These names form 
 a very small portion of the long list of portraits sent in during 
 these years, as by far the greater proportion are anonymous in 
 the catalogue. 
 
 The influence of his old master towards historical painting was 
 however still somewhat strong with Downman, and he exhibited 
 pictures entitled " Duke Robert" from Henry L, Fair Rosamund 
 from Henry II., "The Return of Orestes, from the Electra of 
 Sophocles," " The Ghost of Clytemnestra," " Waking the Furies, 
 from the Furies of .^schylus," scenes from "Tom Jones," one 
 from "Edwin and Emma," one from the "Merry Wives of 
 Windsor," one from Thomson's " Seasons," two from " Don 
 Quixote," one representing Lord William Russel and his wife and 
 children, another depicting Bacchus and Ariadne, two from scenes 
 in " Ossian," one which he calls " Rule Brittania," and which was 
 a trophy with medallions of naval heroes, and one from Hume's 
 History of England depicting Edward IV. on a visit to the Duchess 
 of Bedford. He also exhibited a scene taken from the Apocrypha, 
 a historical sketch to the memory of Lord Robert Manners, and a 
 picture of Susanna from the old ballad. 
 
 This was a very prolific period in Downman's career, and we illus- 
 trate a number of portraits belonging to it. In 1777 he drew the 
 quaint one of Mrs. Wi-ight (see page 24), in 1779 those of Mr. Dyne 
 (see page 25), Mrs. Harcourt (see Plate facing page xx.), and Miss 
 Danby (see page 41) ; in the following year Sir John Stepney (see 
 page 14), Miss Mills (see page 15), and Mrs. Clark (see page 24); 
 and a couple of years later the delightful group of Earl Temple and 
 
 xzi.
 
 John Downman 
 
 his family (see Plate facing page xxiv.) The drawings of Mr. John 
 Boyd and Admiral Gell (see pages 15 and 20) belong to 1783-4, 
 that of Mr. Robert Grosvenor (see page 13) to 1789, and for that 
 year we also illustrate portraits of Mrs. Hardinge (see page 31), 
 and Miss Nutt (see page 32), while the specially charming 
 likeness of Lady Gordon, seated before a spinet (see page 56), 
 belongs to about the same time, bearing date 1786. 
 
 Few examples of Downman's work are more graceful in 
 execution or dainty in quality than this last-named work. 
 
 Mrs. Petre (see page 43) belongs to 1793; Mrs. Abbott (see 
 page 31) to 1794; Miss Hill, and Lord Mornington's brother. 
 Master Wesley (see page 30) to 1796; and finally Mr. Reid (see 
 page 25) is dated 1801, a very little while before Downman left 
 London for the country. 
 
 During all these years he seems to have had plenty of commis- 
 sions, and to have been prosperous. It is believed that the children 
 who were born before he fell into the hands of the press-gang had 
 died in early youth, and it is not very clear whether Downman's 
 wife had not also passed away before this time of prosperity. It is 
 possible that he married twice. In fact, it seems almost certain 
 that this was the case, and that Mrs. Downman, the daughter 
 of William Jackson, of Exeter, the musical composer, organist of 
 Exeter Cathedral, and whose name will always be associated 
 with his remarkable setting of the Te Deum (although that was 
 by no means his greatest work), was the artist's second wife. 
 The definite date of his marriage is not known to us, but probably 
 it was in 1778, as in that year Downman spent some time in Exeter. 
 His father-in-law (see page 21), generally known as Jackson of 
 Exeter, was then a lay vicar. He was a friend of the Sheridans, 
 of Samuel Rogers, and of Gainsborough ; and he it was, who set 
 Lycidas, Warton's Ode to Fancy, and Pope's Dying Christian to his 
 Soul to music, besides composing the plays known as The Lord 
 of the Manor, and The Metamorphosis, numerous madrigals, songs, 
 services, and other musical works. The wedding did not take 
 place in Exeter, so far as can be ascertained, perhaps by reason
 
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 of the fact that Jackson was so well-known in the city that 
 a great crowd might have been expected at the ceremony. 
 
 The Christian name of Downman's wife is not known. It 
 seems possible that it was Elizabeth, as in the British Museum 
 (see page 60), is a portrait by the artist, which has hitherto been 
 said to represent Downman's mother, on the strength of an 
 inscription beneath it reading, " Mother Eliz. Downman." It is 
 suggested, however, that this inscription is in the handwriting of 
 Downman's daughter, Isabella, to whom it certainly at one time 
 belonged, and probably there should be a full-stop after the word 
 "mother." Downman's mother's Christian name was Charlotte, 
 as we have already seen from his portrait of her, inscribed, " My 
 excellent mother," and dated 1819.
 
 John Downman 
 
 Chapter II. 
 
 IN A KENTISH VILLAGE. 
 
 IN 1804 John Downman left London and went to reside in Kent, 
 taking up his residence in a village which he calls "Town 
 Mailing," more generally known by the name of West 
 Mailing. He still retained a room at 188, Piccadilly, probably in 
 order to have a place at which he could receive his London sitters, 
 and where his pictures could be delivered either before they were 
 sent in to the Exhibition or after they had been returned. " Town 
 Mailing" is the principal village in the beautiful Valley of Mailing, 
 one of the loveliest scenes of which Kent can boast. One of the 
 reasons Downman had for going to reside in Mailing was the 
 fact that his brother, Lieut. -Col. Francis Downman, was already 
 living in the place, and that other members of the family had 
 sojourned there from time to time. There are many entries to 
 the Downman family in the parish register of West Mailing, as, 
 for example, those of the burial of Mr. Charles Downman in 1783, 
 the artist's uncle, who had married a Mailing lady; of Mrs. Anne 
 Downman, at the age of seventy-eight, in 1784, his wife ; of William 
 Downman in 1793; of Mrs. Lucy Downman, the wife of Major 
 Downman, aged thirty-two; and of Francis Downman, aged eighty- 
 five, in 1825. Thei'e is a monument in the churchyard to the 
 memory of the artist's nephew, " Lieutenant General Thomas 
 Downman, K.C.B., K.C.H., born March 3rd, 1778, died August 
 10th, 1852, who served his country faithfully for sixty years;" 
 and an inscription referring to his wife, Lucy Downman, who 
 died in 1811, on the same monument. Sir Thomas Downman's 
 funeral is still remembered in the place. It was one of great 
 pomp and ceremony, and the body was brought to West Mailing 
 from Chatham. 
 
 The burial register of East MaUing contains references to the 
 death of Mrs. Jane Downman, the artist's sister-in-law, who died in
 
 EARL TEMPLE AND FAMILY. BY JOHN DO\VN]\L\N 
 SIGNED AND DATED I782 
 
 {Hoclgkins Collection)
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 1800 aged forty-eight, and to Miss Emilia Elizabeth Downman, 
 niece, who died unmarried in 1820 at the age of forty-five. 
 
 John Downman went to reside in a house called Went House, 
 and it is in connection with his residence in this place, that the 
 third of the family recollections to which we made reference, in the 
 previous chapter, comes in. It is said that he spent a great part of 
 his time in the garden, and having always possessed considerable 
 affection for animals and birds, made up his mind in Mailing to 
 find out whether he had any influence over what we are pleased 
 to term the lower orders of creation. He was so successful in 
 the efforts he made, that he was able to tame two toads so com- 
 pletely, that they came to his call and would obey his orders. He 
 had a favourite dove, which he kept for more than twenty years, 
 and there were in his garden two robins which he also set himself 
 to tame. The result was that he was able to persuade a robin 
 or the dove to perch on the back of his favourite toads and to be 
 carried along by them. There are two of his studies of a toad in 
 the British Museum (see page 61), together with two studies of 
 robins and a sketch of a dove, and it seems most probable that these 
 are actually taken from the creatures to which the story refers. He 
 had also two very favourite cats (see page 60), which were very 
 much left to the care of an old housekeeper called Sally White, who 
 looked after his house when he was away, and who was frequently 
 the only servant in the place when he went down to West Mailing 
 for two or three days' change. The story current in the place is, 
 that Sally White, from being so much with the cats, became cat-like 
 in her own countenance ; and this story is again corroborated by 
 a drawing at the British Museum (see page 62), which represents 
 two cats on a table by which sits an old woman who has " grown 
 singularly cat-like in face," as Mr. Binyon remarks in his Catalogue 
 of the English Drawings in the print-room. The only other recollec- 
 tion of the artist that seems to have been preserved at West Mailing 
 is the statement that when he had a heavy cold, which seems to 
 have been pretty often the case, he used to cure it by walking about 
 with bare feet in long wet grass, a remedy which, it is curious to
 
 John Downman 
 
 notice, has been revived in recent years by a German pastor, who 
 claimed to have first suggested this method of getting rid of a 
 severe cold in the head. In one of Downman's sketch-books there 
 is a study of two bare feet, and in the album in the British Museum 
 containing sketches collected by the artist's own daughter, there 
 is another clever study of feet (see page 61) in black chalk and 
 stump, on which Downman has written the following words : 
 "Study from my own feet — J. D." Perhaps this was executed 
 on one of the occasions to which we refer. 
 
 One other story of the artist may perhaps be connected with 
 his residence at West Mailing. He had a favourite niece, Anne 
 Phcebe, who was the second daughter of his brother Francis. 
 This girl is said on one occasion to have fallen through the skylight 
 of his studio down into the midst of the room, at a time, when John 
 Downman was there, sketching, and surrounded by several of his 
 sitters. We are told that the room in Went House used by him 
 as a studio was at the top of the house, and had a skylight, and 
 therefore it is possible that the accident occurred in that house. 
 Downman painted this niece several times, once at the age of 
 fifteen, when the accident is said to have occurred, and no less 
 than three portraits of her belong to the Misses Lee, her grand- 
 daughters. They also own a portrait of her husband, Richard 
 Debary, dated 1810. 
 
 While residing in West Mailing, Downman's niece, Jane, married 
 Mr. William Henry Douce, and the marriage is duly recorded in the 
 register for 1807. This Mr. Douce was the son of Thomas 
 Augustus Douce, J. P., Deputy Lieutenant for the county of 
 Hertfordshire, who resided at St. Leonard's, Mailing. Downman 
 painted his portrait in oil in 1788, when Mr. Thomas Douce was 
 forty-four years old. Douce died on the 13th December, 1802, 
 and the portrait still remains in the possession of his descendants. 
 
 It may be well here to refer briefly to Downman's work in oil. 
 It is not of very frequent occurrence. In the early part of his 
 career he seems to have painted many small oval oil portraits, 
 which were generally upon copper and somewhat hard and definite
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 in their detail. Two such portraits from the Bemrose collection 
 are illustrated in this book (see pages 4 and 5), but two of the finest 
 works of this kind belong to the Dowager Countess of Morley, and 
 were executed in 1780. One of them is of Mr. Montagu Parker, 
 brother of the first Lord Boringdon, and the other of his wife 
 Charity, daughter of Admiral Paul Henry Ourry. A dozen years 
 later Downman executed much better work in oil, this time on 
 canvas, and a very typical illustration is here represented (see 
 page 13) by special permission of the owner, Mr. Alfred A. De Pass. 
 It is a fine circular portrait of Lady Delaval, of Seaton Delaval, 
 the mother of the Countess of Tyrconnel, who in her turn was 
 mother of the Marchioness of Waterford and grandmother of 
 Sarah, Countess of Shrewsbury and Talbot. 
 
 Downman had already been to Mailing, to paint, before he had 
 chosen it as his abode. The Rev. Mr. Hill, whose portrait he 
 exhibited in 1804, was the Vicar of East Mailing, and it is of him 
 that there is a sketch in Mrs. Maitland's sketch-book. It represents 
 him in 1803, when he was ninety-four years old. He was presented 
 to the living by Sir Roger Twysden, who held the patronage in 
 right of his wife; he was Vicar of East Mailing from 1762 to 1805, 
 and at the same time Vicar of Yalding. He died at East Mailing, 
 where he was buried. It was at Mailing also that Downman had 
 met the Perfects. He painted a Miss Perfect on more than one 
 occasion. One portrait of her was seen at the Academy in 1804, 
 and another will be referred to presently. The Rev. William 
 Perfect was Vicar of East Mailing in 1742, and the name is of 
 frequent occurrence in the registers. The Rector died in 1757, and 
 his wife in 1803, the year before the portrait of Miss Perfect 
 appeared at the Academy. At Mailing, Downman also made the 
 acquaintance of the Larking family, for whom he executed not only 
 a very large group, but also many separate portraits. Mr. John 
 Larking resided at Clare House, Mailing, and was High Sheriff for 
 the county. He married Dorothy (see page 45), daughter of Sir 
 Charles Style, Baronet, and sister of the then Sir Charles Style. 
 Downman drew portraits of the many members of the Larking
 
 John Downman 
 
 family, and there are sketches still in existence of Lambert, 
 the eldest boy, done in 1806 (see page 54), Emily, Fanny, Camilla, 
 Isabella, Caroline, John, and Charles, all executed in the same 
 year. In the British Museum there are studies for three other 
 groups of the family, Mrs. Larking with Isabella and the baby 
 (see page 62), Lambert holding a cricket-bat and ball with his 
 sisters Emily and Fanny (see page 9), and (see page 8) 
 Camilla, Caroline and John standing together holding their 
 favourite dog. Then in the Maitland collection there is the 
 portrait of Mrs. Larking herself, and a study for the complete 
 portrait of the mother and her eight children with the dog. 
 The eldest son became Vicar of Ryarsh, a village close to Mailing, 
 He was born in 1797, and died in 1868 at the age of seventy-one, 
 having been thirty-seven years Vicar of the paricjh. This clergyman 
 deserves more than a passing notice, because he was founder of the 
 Kent Archaeological Society. To him Kent owes her pre-eminent 
 rank among the counties for her accurate researches into the past. 
 He indexed the "feet of fines," and the "inquisition after death" 
 records for the Society, and contributed many valuable papers to 
 its proceedings. He is also noteworthy for having planted the red 
 cedars, some limes, some Turkey oaks, and some tulip trees in the 
 gardens at Ryarsh, which still flourish there, and for his careful 
 observation of the habits of birds. 
 
 Here again local tradition is corroborated in an interesting 
 manner, as the tradition in the Larking family is that Lambert 
 acquired all his interests in birds and animals from the quiet 
 solemn old artist who painted his portrait when he was a 
 little boy. There can be little doubt that this phrase refers to 
 John Downman. It seems to be almost the only remaining 
 reminiscence respecting his character or appearance. It is well 
 borne out by his portrait of himself (see page 51), done in 1813, a 
 drawing of a quiet, serious person, and inscribed by the artist as 
 follows: "John Downman, limner, the author, 1813." The same 
 thoughtful countenance can be recognised in a wash-drawing 
 of Downman, which he is said to have executed towards middle
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 age, to show how he would have looked as a boy in the costume 
 worn in the early nineteenth century. The little sketch, 
 reproduced in this volume (see page 9), is now the property of the 
 author, and appears to be the only youthful portrait of Downman 
 handed down to his successors. 
 
 The Rev. Lambert Larking married Frances, daughter of Sir 
 William Jervoise Twysden, of Royden Hall, East Peckham, Kent. 
 Downman painted portraits of several of the Twysden family, 
 including Sir William and his wife. The first Sir William 
 was one of the earliest baronets; his son, Sir Roger, was a 
 great antiquary and historian, and the brother of Sir Roger was 
 Sir Thomas Twisden, of Bradbourne Park, East Mailing. This 
 man had changed his name from Twysden to Twisden on being 
 made a Baronet by Charles H. as a reward for trying the regicides, 
 in order to avoid confusion between his family and his brothers, as 
 they were near neighbours. The Twysden family is now extinct, but 
 the Twisden's are still at Bradbourne, although their head is not 
 claiming the baronetcy. Downman also painted Lady Twisden in 
 1804 with her daughter Mrs. Massingbird. There were other 
 Mailing persons amongst his sitters. He drew a portrait, for 
 instance, of Mrs. Smith, of West Mailing, and declares her to have 
 been "early a widow with a family which she well managed." A 
 Mr. William Bowles is another of his Mailing sitters, and it was 
 when he was in residence in Kent that he painted Sir Charles 
 Middleton, of Teston, who afterwards became Lord Barham, and 
 also Mrs. Dudlow with her son John, Mrs. Foxhall with her son, 
 Mr. Douce with his three sons, and George Drummond the 
 banker, when he came to stay at St. Leonard's Tower. Just 
 before he had left for Kent, Downman had a visit from Lord 
 Nelson at his rooms in Piccadilly, and painted his portrait (see 
 page 51), which, however, was not exhibited at the Royal 
 Academy until seven years afterwards.
 
 John Downman 
 
 Chapter III. 
 THE WEST OF ENGLAND. 
 
 IN 1806 Downman left Kent and went away for a couple of years 
 into the West of England, settling first of all at Plymouth 
 and then moving on to Exeter, to stay with a distant cousin. 
 As we have already mentioned, the Downmans were originally a 
 West Country family of some considerable importance in their time. 
 In the collection of Sir Robert Cunliffe was an illuminated parchment, 
 now in the British Museum (see page 62), with the family achieve- 
 ment, and the arms are thus emblazoned : " The arms of the antient 
 family of Downman, sable a cross or, in chief a bird and a text tau ; 
 in base two crescents argent ; mantled gules, doubled argent." 
 
 Hugh Downman, the artist's remote cousin, was then in practice 
 as a physician at Exeter. He was born at Newton St. Cyres in 
 1740, educated at Exeter School and at Balliol, and was ordained 
 in 1763, but gave up divinity for medicine. He published some 
 poems, the best known of which was entitled " Infancy : or the 
 Management of Children," and some plays, a few of which were 
 presented on the stage. He married Frances, daughter of John 
 Andrew, M.D., of Exeter, by Isabella, daughter of Sir William 
 Courtenay, second baronet, and sister of the first Viscount 
 Courtenay. He retired from his profession in 1805, and died on 
 the 23rd September, 1809. 
 
 Hugh Downman's sister, Maria, who died in 1826 at the age 
 of eighty, married John Richards of Edmonton (1737-1819), and 
 her descendants are still living. There is a good deal of con- 
 troversy regarding the Devonshire Downmans, and it is not easy 
 to arrive at the connection between the artist's family and the 
 Downmans of Devonshire. Their pedigree does not appear to have 
 been very clearly made out, and we only know of them from Down- 
 man's drawings of various detached members of the family, such, for 
 example, as Admiral Downman, who was born at Plympton, in
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 1764, and who had a son born in 1804, and a daughter, Caroline, 
 who married Edward Hale, of Hambledon, Hants. 
 
 Downman had painted Hugh Downman's portrait in 1796 (see 
 page 10), and it was with him and his wife, who, we have already 
 seen, was first cousin to Lord Courtenay (see page 11), that the 
 artist went first to reside. This was not, of course, his first visit 
 to Exeter, as in 1778, when he was courting his wife, he was 
 frequently in the city, and in that year painted portraits of the 
 father and mother (see page 20), of Dr. Hugh Downman, 
 whom he speaks of as old Mr. Downman of Alphington Cot near 
 Exeter, and of the doctor and his wife. On the occasion of this 
 visit he also painted old Mr. and Mrs. Nation and their son, Mr. 
 Webber, a merchant. Miss Fell, Master Green, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Montagu Parker of White Way, and several other local cele- 
 brities. The fact of his having come from a Devonshire family so 
 well known about Exeter had always given him a certain vogue 
 with West Country people, and the sketch-books contain drawings 
 of very many Devonshire persons who probably when in London 
 preferred to sit to a Devonshire man ; or, for all we know, Down- 
 man may have made periodic visits to the city whence he had 
 married his wife. There are portraits of Mr. and Mrs. and Miss 
 Bulteel and several children, of Lynham House, Devonshire, and 
 of Mr. Bulteel's son and niece (see pages 23, 26, 40 and 50), of 
 Colonel Trevor of the Sussex Militia at Exeter, and of the Rev. 
 Mr. Toogood, of Exeter, " called the western apostle." In the 
 year to which we are referring Downman was able to add con- 
 siderably to his list of West Country sitters. Then it was that he 
 painted General Sir George Nugent, at that time commanding the 
 western district, with Lady Nugent, their two children and their 
 nurse, and executed separate portraits of each of them and a 
 sketch of their infant son who died, and whom he delineated as an 
 " angel asleep in a church ; " portraits of Mrs. Braddyll with her 
 three daughters, of Mrs. Hall, of Sir Harry and Lady Neale, of Sir 
 Samuel and Lady Head, of Mrs. Robinson, sister of Lady Nugent, 
 of Mr. Woolcombe, of Plymouth, Captain and Mrs. Elphinstone
 
 John Downman 
 
 and their two daughters, of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Louis, of Mrs. 
 Trevellian, of Miss Beciiworth, of Mrs. King and her child, of Mrs. 
 Collings, Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Luce and Mrs. Trant. All these belong 
 to this period ; and the portraits exhibited at the Royal Academy 
 include those of the Rev. Mr. Whitelock, Miss Holmes, Captain 
 and Mrs. Downman, John England, Captain and Mrs. Elphinstone, 
 Lady Boringdon, Mrs. Travanion (see Plate facing page xl.) and 
 Miss Betsworth. 
 
 In 1807 Downman was back again in London, having given up 
 his rooms in Piccadilly and taken chambers at 20, John Street, 
 Adelphi. In that year the only picture he was able to send to the 
 Royal Academy was the large Larking group already alluded to, 
 representing " Mrs. Larking and her nine children," and now in 
 the possession of Mr. Akers-Douglas. It is possible that another 
 baby had arrived by this time, but in the sketch-books there are 
 only sketches of eight children, including Charles, who is declared 
 to have been an infant in 1806. There were nine figures, certainly, 
 in the portrait according to the sketches, but one of those 
 was a dog, and perhaps the error is in the numbering at the 
 Royal Academy. In the following year Downman is represented 
 at the Royal Academy by two works only. One he calls " Salvator 
 Mundi," and the other, " Miss Randalls, represented as the infant 
 St. Cecilia." The next year is notable for the commission given 
 to Downman by the Duke of Richmond for a picture called the 
 " Grape House." It is unfortunate that this picture appears to be 
 no longer in existence, as there is no work by Downman to which 
 there are so many contemporary references as to this one. By 
 some persons it is spoken of as the decoration or scenery of a 
 grape-house, and it has been suggested that it was a series of 
 portraits intended to be hung in a sort of winter garden ; but this 
 is not very likely to have been the case. Downman himself 
 describes the picture as " The Grape House," following the name 
 with these four lines : 
 
 " Five nymphs the mansion of Eudoxus bred, 
 
 Who every sense possessed ; by virtue led. 
 
 Engag'd in elegant and useful arts; 
 
 But most their grape-house produce won all hearts."
 
 FREDERICK THE GREAT, KING OF PRUSSIA. 
 
 BY JOHN DOWNMAN 
 
 SIGNED 
 
 {Hotigkitis Collection)
 
 His Lite and Works 
 
 Walpole speaks of it as " a charming picture, quite lovely ; " and 
 a sketch-book reveals to us who three of the five nymphs w^ere, 
 besides allowing us to guess the name of the fourth. It contains 
 the portraits of Lucy Perfect, 1809, "for the grape-house," 
 Isabella, CD. 1809, " for the grape-house," Margaret Holmes, 1809; 
 and Peggy Cooper, 1809, afterwards Mrs. Baines, of Eltham (see 
 page xl.), who was probably the fourth of the five beautiful girls. 
 The Isabella CD. is undoubtedly Downman's own daughter, Isa- 
 bella Chloe (see page 59), to whose affectionate care of her father's 
 rough sketches we owe the fact that the album from the Cunliffe 
 Collection is still in existence and preserved at the British 
 Museum. Isabella had two brothers, and this sketch-book 
 contains a drawing of a boy done in black chalk and stump and a 
 little red chalk, inscribed in the artist's handwriting " son of John 
 Downman's, by J. D. " (see page 60), and another portrait of a 
 boy with dog (see page 59), marked "C.J.D." These three 
 sketches (pages 59 and 60) give us the portraits of the 
 artist's three children by his second wife, Isabella Chloe, to 
 whom we refer later on; Charles J., who was lost at sea, and 
 Damon, who died young. 
 
 The other exhibits at the Royal Academy at about this time were 
 the portraits of Lord Nelson and "a lady" sent in in 1809, those 
 of Sir George and Lady Nugent, Mrs. Hay, Mrs. Davis, Lord 
 Barham, Lord Boringdon, the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, the 
 Poetry Professor at Oxford, Miss Dudlow, Mrs. Bowles, Mr. 
 Clutterbuck and Mrs. Rowan, together with an anonymous portrait 
 and two figure subjects, one called "A girl with an ague," and the 
 other " Cupid's venture on the wave."
 
 John Downman 
 
 Chapter IV. 
 
 THE LAST DAYS. 
 
 WE now approach the last few years of Downman's 
 artistic career. He was at this time full of work, 
 and, although residing for the most part at 41, 
 Leicester Square, his services were in constant demand at the 
 various country houses of England, and his portraits highly 
 esteemed and very popular. Early in 1811 he was called down 
 to Alnwick Castle, where he drew a picture of Hugh, Lord Percy, 
 the eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland (now in the 
 possession of Capt. H. Terry), and besides preparing three 
 replicas of it for different members of the family, also painted 
 a half-length figure in uniform of the same young man. 
 While at Alnwick he drew the portrait of Colonel David 
 Smith, the duke's principal steward, and of Mr. Robinson, one 
 of his chief tenants. A little while after that he went on to 
 Langdon Grange, near Raby Castle, and drew a portrait of the 
 Earl of Darlington and another of Mrs. Russell, who shortly 
 afterwards became Countess of Darlington. On that occasion he 
 also prepared a drawing of Lord Darlington's steward, Mr. Scarth, 
 of Standrop. At Langdon he appears to have met Southey, the 
 Poet Laureate, whose portrait he drew. Other of the houses at 
 which he visited were Cliffe, the seat of the Witham family, where 
 he drew two portraits of Mr. Henry Witham (see page 55) and one 
 of his wife ; and Crofton Hall in Cumberland, where he made two 
 portraits of Miss Mangnall, who will be remembered for her educa- 
 tional works, and one of Miss Fayrer, her great friend. He was 
 also heard of in Durham, drawing portraits of Mrs. Hooper, Mr. 
 Ebdon, and Mrs. Tyrell ; at Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he executed 
 the portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, Mrs. and Miss Parker, Mr. 
 Thomas Maude, the banker, and Miss Irwin, who kept a well- 
 known girls' school. He went to Sunderland to make a drawing
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 of a Mrs. Wright after her death, at the urgent request of her son ; 
 and he was at Wakefield painting the portraits of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Maude, Mr. Lee, the solicitor, 
 and Mr. Vavasour. Before he left the North he went to Stanstead 
 Park and painted two portraits of Mr. Lewis Way, whom he styles 
 " the great converter of the Jews to Christianity." He also 
 painted Mrs. Way, who was a Miss Drew, and their four children, 
 Drusila, Albert, afterwards the founder of the Archaeological 
 Institute, Anna, who became Mrs. Wise, and Olivia, who married 
 Mr. Kennaway. Mr. Lewis Way seems to have recommended 
 him to his brother, the Rev. William Way, of Glinston Park, an 
 eccentric person who played at backgammon from Wednesday 
 morning till Saturday night, as we have already mentioned, and 
 who, according to another of Downman's notes, was " fond of 
 making Latin speeches which he sometimes rehearsed at the cover 
 side." Downman painted a third member of this family, Mr. 
 Benjamin Way (see page 14), of Denham House, the elder brother 
 of Lewis and William, and Mrs. Way and their children (see pages 
 21, 29 and 35), their friend. Miss West, and Mrs. William Way. 
 Other North Country commissions were for the portraits of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Nicholson, of Bishop Wearmouth, and of Mr. Nicholson's 
 mother and sister then at Wakefield. We must not overlook the 
 portraits of Mary, Countess of Erne, with her daughter, after- 
 wards Lady Wharncliffe (see page 6) ; of Elizabeth, Lady 
 Templetown (see page 7), both unusually fine drawings ; of Peter 
 Robert Burrell, when two years old, afterwards 2nd Lord 
 Gwydyr and 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (see page 8); of 
 Lady Elizabeth Smythe, the daughter of the Duke of Grafton ; of 
 Mr. and Miss Heywood, of Stanley Hall, of Mrs. Jones, the 
 married daughter of Mr. Heywood, of Mrs. Gaskil, another married 
 daughter, whose husband, Daniel Gaskil, Downman also painted, 
 and whom he styles "a great Radical" (see page 55), and several 
 other persons in that district, including Mr. and Mrs. Tod 
 Naylor, Mr. Ridsdale, and Mr. Turner, who was staying with Mr. 
 Naylor.
 
 John Downman 
 
 The portraits exhibited at this time were but few. In 1812 
 Downman sent in one only, that of Lady Smythe, and then for 
 four years appears to have been too busy to exhibit. In 1816 five 
 pictures were shown, portraits of Mrs. Warren Lamb, Earl Percy, 
 Dr. Burgess, Bishop of St. David's, Lord Darlington, and the Poet 
 Laureate. In 1817 only one picture was sent in, and by this time 
 Downman, who for a few months had chambers at 16, Henrietta 
 Street, had finally relinquished rooms in London. His work lay 
 all over the country, and therefore in the Catalogue of the Royal 
 Academy Exhibition he gave " England" as his only address. In 
 the following year he settled down at Chester, where he resided 
 in a small cottage at Eccleston, a little way outside the city ; but 
 his long journeys were now coming to an end, and the majority of 
 his works belonging to this period of his life are those of persons 
 at or near to Chester. We find portraits recorded of Mr. and Mrs. 
 Baxter, of Dee Vale, Chester, Mr. and Mrs. George Cuett, of the 
 same city, and Mr. Thomas Harrison, the architect. This latter 
 picture was the only one he exhibited in 1818. In the following 
 year he sent in his last picture to the Royal Academy, a curious 
 symbolical subject which he calls by a somewhat lengthy title, 
 "A late Princess personifying Peace crowning the Glory of 
 England reflected on Europe, 1815. 'Hail, lovely Peace I in 
 glory spread thy arms.' " 
 
 While living at Chester Downman's only daughter married a 
 solicitor of that city. The wedding took place at Wrexham, 
 where the artist had finally settled down, quite close to his birth- 
 place. His two sons had pre-deceased him ; now his daughter 
 settled down in Chester and the old artist was left alone. The 
 wedding took place on the 29th May, 1817, between Isabella Chloe 
 Downman and Richard Mellor Benjamin. This Mr. Benjamin 
 was a descendant of John Mellor, a merchant at one time living 
 in Kirby Street, Covent Garden, but who in 1788 had removed 
 to Pen-y-Bryn, Wrexham. He was lessee of the Town Hall and 
 owner of considerable property in the place, most of which had 
 come to him from his wife Judith, the daughter of a Mr. Joseph
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 Jackson, a draper of Wrexham. Mr. Mellor's daughter, Sophia 
 Bruen Mellor, married Richard Benjamin, of Rhosnessney Farm, 
 Erlas, and her son was the Richard Mellor Benjamin, solicitor 
 (1794-1823), of Chester Street, who married Downman's daughter. 
 Benjamin's father was a man of extraordinary strength, and 
 he is still remembered in the district. Close to Pen-y-Bryn 
 was a large smithy into which he often used to go, asking 
 the men whether they could hurl the big hammer and bring 
 it down noiselessly on the anvil. He used to challenge them 
 to do it, and when they failed took the hammer himself and 
 was able to do almost anything with it, as though it was a piece 
 of wood in his hands. The opportunity of showing off his strength 
 was very dear to him, and he invariably finished the challenge by 
 throwing down a shilling or two to the men and bidding them go 
 and "get something that would increase their strength." His 
 son, Richard Mellor Benjamin, was unfortunately a spendthrift, and 
 had been leading a fast life before he married Isabella Downman. 
 More than one child in Wrexham had claimed him as its father. 
 For a while he made a fairly comfortable home for his father-in- 
 law, whose means by this time had become very much reduced. 
 Downman had never been provident, and had spent freely the 
 money he so readily earned, with the result that when his work 
 had ceased to be popular, and other artists were obtaining the 
 commissions that at one time came so readily to him, he had very 
 little to fall back upon, and was glad to make a home with his 
 married daughter. When the wedding first took place the 
 Benjamins were in possession of a good deal of property in 
 Wi'exham, most of which had come from the Mellors, but the 
 father got rid of a good deal of it and the son of much of the 
 remainder; although, as far as can be ascertained, during the 
 time that Downman lived with them their circumstances were 
 comfortable. Mrs. Benjamin had four children, Hannah Isabella, 
 baptised April 2nd, 1818, buried October 19th, 1836, at Wrexham ; 
 Richard John Downman, baptised July 17th, 1819; Richard, 
 baptised May 17th, 1820, believed to have died in infancy, and
 
 John Downrnan 
 
 Francis, buried April 23rd, 1822, aged nine months. We are 
 unable to state when the second son died, but, according to the 
 story in Wrexham, he was drowned close to the town when 
 quite a boy. 
 
 John Downman died in 1824, on the 24th December, and was 
 buried at Wrexham, where a monument still stands to his memory. 
 Richard Mellor Benjamin died in a drunken fit in the Beast Market 
 at Wrexham, on Nov. 24th, 1823, and Downman's daughter was 
 left a widow just before her father's death. She died on the 
 17th July, 1840, and was buried July 22nd in the same tomb 
 with her father. The inscription on the tomb is as follows : 
 " Sacred to the memory of John Downman, Esquire, member 
 of the Royal Academy, London, who departed this life 24th day 
 of December, 1824, aged 74. Also Isabella Chloe Benjamin, 
 daughter of the above, who departed this life July 17th, 1840, 
 aged 43 years." She sold to Sir Roger Cunliffe, at Acton Hall, 
 near Wrexham, such portraits and drawings as she had been 
 able to retain, but the bulk of her father's sketch-books he 
 had already given to his nieces with the intention that they should 
 be kept out of the hands of his daughter's spendthrift husband. 
 It did not appear to occur to him that the Benjamin property 
 might so melt away that his only daughter would have to dispose 
 of the sketches left in her hands for her sustenance. There are 
 no Benjamins now left in Wrexham, nor, as far as we can find 
 out, any descendant either from that family or from the Downman 
 family. An old sexton, however, who died some few years ago 
 when we were making inquiries, and who at that time was a man 
 of nearly ninety, had recollections of Downman. He spoke of him 
 as a very quiet, simple-hearted old man, but one who, like his 
 brother Francis, was possessed of a very hot temper, which he 
 had for years kept under strict control. During the last two 
 years of his life, however, he was bitterly taunted by some- 
 one in the town on account of a certain discreditable 
 rumour regarding his second marriage, which this unknown 
 person had heard and insisted was true. The whole object of
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 the taunt, it was openly confessed, was to make the old man 
 angry, but no one realised at the time how furious his anger could 
 be. He was aroused at last, and, after a torrent of strong words, 
 challenged his opponent to fight a duel with him. The meeting 
 was arranged and the opponents met, but by this time Downman 
 had recovered control of his temper and was bitterly regretful of 
 having committed himself to such an extent. The sexton's story 
 goes on to state that, although the artist was the aggrieved 
 person, and the rumour had no foundation in fact, he made 
 amends so handsomely and offered his apologies in such won- 
 derful language, that he melted the heart of the person, who 
 had been taunting him — the two men shook hands and were 
 close friends during the remaining year or two of Downman's life. 
 The story was well known in the place, and when the artist died 
 a number of the rougher sort of people, followed the funeral pro- 
 cession, as an expression of their admiration for a man capable of 
 such high sentiments. This seems to be the only story con- 
 cerning Downman which has been remembered in the place, but 
 there was plenty to be learned concerning the habits of his 
 son-in-law, and of the manner in which his extravagances had 
 reduced his widow's means down to a very narrow limit. 
 
 There are several persons still living who bear the name of 
 Downman, but most of them have descended from the Devonshire 
 stock of the family. Some still add the name of Courtenay to that 
 of Downman, and are descendants from Dr. Hugh Downman, 
 whose wife was Lord Courtenay's cousin. 
 
 There are, however, many persons still living descended from the 
 artist's brother, Francis, grandchildren of his son. Sir Thomas 
 Downman, and of his daughter Phoebe, who married Richard 
 Debary. It is to one of Phoebe's grand-daughters. Miss Catherine 
 Lee, that we are so much indebted for various pieces of family 
 history, and for the pedigree attached to this book. 
 
 The name of only one of Downman's personal friends seems to 
 have been handed down. We refer to Richard Cooper, the line 
 engraver (1730-1820). He was a much older man than Downman,
 
 John Downman 
 
 but they appear to have been on terms of intimate acquaintance, 
 and the artist painted a good portrait in oils of his friend, which 
 now belongs to Cooper's great grand-daughter. Miss Baines. In 
 the Maitland sketch-books is a portrait of Cooper's daughter, 
 known as " pretty Peggy Cooper," and afterwards as the wife of 
 Mr. Ralph (see page xxxiii.), and there is a charming drawing in the 
 possession of one of John Downman's descendants, attributed 
 either to the artist or to his daughter and depicting this same child 
 with her little sister in out-of-door costume, large felt hats, granny 
 muffs and cloaks trimmed with fur. Cooper's plates were princi- 
 pally portraits, and he also engraved some very satisfactory 
 reproductions of pictures by Van Dyck, Rubens, Correggio, and 
 others, but is perhaps best known by his engraving of the Chandos 
 portrait of Shakespeare, and by his portraits of Sir John Napier 
 and Allan Ramsay. 
 
 xl.
 
 MRS. TREVANION. BY JOHN DOWNMAN 
 SIGNED AND DATED 
 
 (Hodgkins Collection]
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 Chapter V. 
 
 THE ART OF DOWNAIAN. 
 
 THE work of Dovvnman can be grouped under two headings, 
 his drawings in pencil or wash and his work in oil. His 
 portraits in oil are not often seen. The early ones were 
 small ovals, painted, for the most part, on copper (see pages 
 4 and 5), the later ones larger ovals or circles (see page 13), 
 and either on copper or on canvas, generally on the former. 
 All his work in oil is much harder in technique and definite in 
 character than are his drawings. The colouring is rich and 
 subdued in tone, the figures generally represented in profile 
 and well composed, the background as a rule a landscape, and 
 there is generally a large tree behind the figure. The artist is, 
 however, more generally known for his dainty pencil and wash 
 portrait drawings, exceedingly clever pieces of portraiture, lightly 
 and gracefully sketched and tinged with very charming colour. 
 They are, as a rule, drawn on very thin paper in black chalk with a 
 very fine point, the shadows put in with a stump. The hair is 
 slightly coloured, as are also the eyes and the lips, the cheeks 
 slightly tinted, and in many instances the whole of the colour is put 
 in at the back and shows through the thin paper. This is by no 
 means invariably the case, but it is a characteristic specially 
 marking the works done between 1780 and 1800. These drawings 
 are marked by particular refinement and adroitness. They are 
 very frequently in profile, and the ladies, as a rule, represented in 
 white costumes, often wearing high, elaborate white muslin caps 
 with coloured ribbons. The background is a stormy sky or a faint 
 wash of colour, and the drawings are almost always oval and 
 represent the sitter to the waist, well composed in the centre of the 
 oval. A combination of two or more figures is exceedingly rare ; 
 the most remarkable instance of it being seen in the large drawing 
 at Ickworth belonging to the Marquis of Bristol, which is said to 
 
 xli.
 
 John Down man 
 
 have been the largest Downman ever executed. It represents the 
 Duchess of Devonshire and her friend Lady Elizabeth Foster, who 
 was her successor (see page 19). Another very important group 
 is the one portraying Edwin and Mrs. Wells as Lingo and Cowslip, 
 now in the possession of Mr. Hodgkins (see page 33), and 
 perhaps one of Downman's most refined and delightful drawings. 
 One of the largest single drawings Downman ever executed 
 is the one of Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire, now belonging 
 to the Duke of Devonshire. The head only was engraved by CoUyer 
 (see page 27). In the majority of cases the tinting is done 
 by water-colour, the rest of the drawing being chalk and stump 
 work, but in some cases the colour on the cheeks and lips is 
 done with red chalk instead of water-colour, and many of the 
 drawings are in charcoal and stump rather than in chalk and 
 stump, and touched with red and black chalks. Some of the 
 studies done for larger pictures are in sepia over charcoal with red 
 chalk or water-colour applied to the flesh. Others are in sepia 
 wash with pen-work, and others again in pen-and-ink or in coloured 
 chalks with stump and yellow ochre wash. 
 
 Downman was specially successful with portraits of children, 
 grouping them with consummate skill, and entering into all their 
 sense of fun and frolic. His children are never undergrown adults, 
 as are so often the children of a less capable painter, but are true 
 children in every respect — bright, happy, cheerful, and amusing or 
 demure, thoughtful and serious. It was evidently a delight to 
 Downman to paint portraits of children ; this can be seen in a 
 moment by reason of the life he put into such works, and the way 
 in which they were rendered so easily and with such grace. It is 
 well to draw attention to some of our illustrations of children as 
 evidence of this and especially to pages 12, 29, 32, 34, 35, 36, 39 
 and 44. 
 
 Many of them, of course, are no more than free sketches, but 
 we have specially selected several such, in order that we may 
 exemplify Downman's manner of sketching, and his ability in a 
 very few bold strokes, to set before us all that he wanted of 
 
 xlii.
 
 His Life and Works 
 
 the character and expression of the child, and to make it a portrait 
 convincing in its accuracy and truth. 
 
 His drawings of actresses are also notable for their skill, as here 
 again it was character he strove to delineate — piquancy, grace, 
 elegance — and his work was highly esteemed by those persons who 
 sat to him, and who were no mean critics of what they desired and 
 expected. Almost all Downman's portraits of actresses were 
 engraved, and that of itself is evidence of their success. We 
 would in this respect direct attention to pages 12, 17, 33, 37, 
 and 47. 
 
 The great characteristic of Downman's work is to be found in 
 the notes appended to his drawings, very many of which have been 
 referred to in foregoing chapters. As a rule, they are quite brief, 
 but there are instances of more lengthy notes, as, for example, 
 the following one of two portraits he did of Queen Charlotte 
 (see Plate facing page viii.). He has thus written : " Her Majesty 
 of England, 1783 ; first sitting. She was Sophia Charlotte, Princess 
 of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She sat in the Queen's Closet, 
 Buckingham Palace. His Majesty came in with Lords North 
 and Grantham, and two others. Presently the two eldest Prin- 
 cesses. The King said to the Princess Royal, ' Are you also 
 prepared to sit ? ' This turned all eyes to her, as she was directly 
 opposite the light, and occasioned a most beautiful suffusion 
 of bloom I ever saw, and they certainly were at that time two of 
 the most beautiful of persons. I also drew their portraits and 
 grouped in whole lengths, and a whole length of the Queen for the 
 Duchess of Ancaster, and two others." On a similar drawing of 
 Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire, is the following note: "Devon- 
 shire House, 1784. Original study for a whole length with Lady 
 Elizabeth Foster. The Prince of Wales came there ; present also 
 Lady Duncannon, who, in play, followed him with a chair to sit, 
 which he declined. A French prelate was introduced, who kissed 
 the inside of Lady Elizabeth Foster's hand ; and when gone the 
 Prince noticed the odd action with much humour. Presently, 
 Blanchard was announced, having just descended from his balloon." 
 
 xliii.
 
 John Downman 
 
 On one of Lady Georgina Bertie, afterwards Marchioness of Chol- 
 mondelay, Downman has written: "Lady Georgina Charlotte 
 Bertie (Lindsey), 1784. Original study for a whole length ; only 
 sister of Lord Willoughby. The Dowager Duchess, her mother, 
 
 present, said, ' It is very like her, D , but I think the mouth 
 
 should be shut.' I drew two of these, and the Duchess." These 
 characteristic notes give historical value to the drawings of 
 Downman. They introduce us right into the presence of his sitters, 
 and afford us little interesting pieces of information respecting 
 their family and their habits. 
 
 Towards the middle of Downman's career he decided to attempt 
 miniature painting, and is said to have produced about half a dozen 
 portraits, one of which has passed into the possession of the 
 author (see page 1). He is stated to have relinquished the 
 work because it took up too much of his time and was too 
 great a strain upon his eyesight ; but the special feature 
 of his pencil-drawing, the fact that the work is done with 
 a very fine point and the shadows represented in wash or 
 stump, can also be realised when his miniatures are ex- 
 amined, and anyone conversant with Downman's portrait 
 drawings would readily distinguish his miniatures from those 
 executed by any other artist. He never exhibited any miniatures, 
 nor did he sign any of them on the face. All of these experimental 
 portraits he executed on ivory. More than one miniature bearing 
 the initials " J.D. " have been claimed as his work, but it must be 
 given to quite another artist, John Daye, who signed in this way. 
 Miniature work by Downman was never more than an experiment 
 or recreation, and this fact gives to a miniature portrait by him a 
 peculiar and very special value. 
 
 Not many of his historical and fancy subjects have survived to 
 the present time. They were probably of no special importance, 
 and in all probability were not works which could claim to repre- 
 sent his genius to an adequate extent. One example can be seen 
 at South Kensington illustrating a poem by Benjamin Isaac 
 D'Israeli, and called " The Sybarite." 
 
 xliv.
 
 His Life and Wo rks 
 
 He painted several large groups in oil, but it has not been found 
 possible at present to reproduce either of them. The one of the 
 Larking family was probably his most important work in this 
 respect. For it he made a great many studies, and drew separate 
 portraits of each of the persons contained in the group. There are 
 many sketches for his fancy and historical pictures in the sketch- 
 book preserved at the British Museum. 
 
 xlv.
 
 John Downman 
 
 Chapter VI. 
 
 ON THE VALUE OF WORKS BY DOWNMAN. 
 
 ONE of the first persons to attach artistic importance to 
 the drawings of Downman was the late Mr. Bernard 
 Quaritch, of Piccadilly, and we remember his telling 
 us that when, as a young man, he first set up in business, the 
 only pictures he had in his little shop for sale were a series of 
 portrait drawings by this talented artist. He filled one small 
 window with them, but no one was attracted, and although the 
 prices he placed upon the works of Downman were exceedingly 
 small, he was unable to sell a single one of the tinted drawings. 
 He very soon, as is well known, made for himself a great name 
 in connection with rare books, but his artistic venture he never 
 repeated, for he was disgusted with the apathy of the British public 
 as revealed in his first venture. For many years he retained more 
 than a dozen works by Downman, which had been amongst his 
 very earliest purchases, but at length disposed of them to an 
 American collector in about 1890, and prophesied that before 
 many years were over the English public would wake up to a 
 knowledge of the beauty of these drawings, and that their value 
 would go up by leaps and bounds. A few years afterwards (to 
 speak exactly, in May, 1893), the Hon. Mrs. James Stuart Wortley 
 determined that a loan exhibition of the works of Downman should 
 be added to the annual show of the Amateur Art Society. It was 
 to be held, on that occasion, at 18, Carlton House Terrace, and 
 she obtained the loan of a dozen fine examples of Downman's 
 work from Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, who had always been 
 one of the few admirers of Downman, and had in his time formed 
 a large collection of his works ; and four frames of drawings from 
 Sir Robert CunlifTe. These were the nucleus of the little show, 
 but having obtained them Mrs. Wortley set to work to gather in 
 others, and, hearing of the famous series of sketch-books to which 
 
 xlvi.
 
 His Life and Worl<s 
 
 such constant reference has been made in this volume, she made 
 strong efforts to obtain the loan of them, and a few volumes 
 were lent her by Mrs. Maitland. Other collectors followed with 
 promises of assistance, and the author was asked by his old friend 
 to assist in compiling a catalogue. This was his first introduction 
 to the work of Downman, and in that respect he did not stand 
 alone, as numbers of persons who visited the exhibition had 
 known nothing of the work of this artist before that time, and 
 all who saw the portraits were struck with their beauty, charm, 
 and fascination. We count, therefore, the revival of the vogue 
 of Downman to have commenced from that exhibition, but it was 
 not until the American collector, with his unbounded command 
 of means, entered the market and set to work to acquire the best 
 examples of Downman's portraits, that the price of his pictures 
 began to assume anything like a serious character. For many 
 years the portraits could be bought for a few pounds each, and 
 even that was a great advance upon the prices of 1860 and 1870, 
 when a very fair portrait by the artist could have been acquired 
 for half-a-sovereign. Now, however, the values have assumed a 
 very different figure. The record was touched at Christie's in 
 1906, when the group of Edwin and Mrs. Wells in " The Agreeable 
 Surprise" brought 820 guineas. Since then a pair of portraits of 
 General and Miss Hodgson have fetched 580 guineas, one of Miss 
 Kemble, 490 guineas, Mrs. Wright, 165 guineas, Mrs. Francis 
 Petre, 170 guineas, Miss Nott, 350 guineas. Miss Mary Cruik- 
 shank, 230 guineas, Lady E. Compton, 160 guineas, the Duchess 
 of Rutland, 155 guineas, Admiral Affleck, 100 guineas, and Mr. 
 Francis Wright, 58 guineas. It may, therefore, be taken as a 
 rule that a portrait of a man by Downman is now worth from 
 60 to 100 pounds, while that of a beautiful lady may range from 
 100 pounds up to four hundred, and for one of Downman's 
 very rare groups, perfectly composed and charmingly coloured, 
 almost any price up to £1,000 may be anticipated. 
 
 The same rise in value has attended the engravings after 
 Downman, especially those printed in colour. The stipple 
 
 xlvii.
 
 John Downman 
 
 engravings could, a few years ago, have been bought for as many 
 shillings as they now realise pounds, but the coloured prints have 
 attained far higher prices than their plainer brethren. A fine 
 print of Lady E. Foster has fetched £61, two of Miss Farren (see 
 page 47) and Mrs. Siddons realised £57 (see pages 12 and 37), 
 one of Lady E. Lambart £31 10s. (see page 53), while the 
 Duchess of Devonshire, engraved by Bartolozzi, attained the 
 price of £62, and Lady Duncannon, a proof before letters, £41. 
 A fine impression of a plain print of Miss Farren fetched £8 15s., 
 but a print of specially fine quality £32 lis., and an open letter- 
 proof of Mrs. BiUington £36 15s. It must always of course be 
 borne in mind that these sensational prices are obtained for 
 perfect and picked impressions, where the margins are in satis- 
 factory condition, and the print in such a state as to attract the 
 attention of the collector prepared at all costs to secure the 
 finest impressions. It is unsafe to argue from them that any 
 print after Downman is of considerable value, especially as there 
 are some that can readily be acquired for less than a sovereign 
 apiece, but for very choice engravings, especially for those in 
 colour, the collector is ready to pay almost any price.
 
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 List ot Portraits. 
 
 Complete List of Portraits in the Sketch Books 
 
 from Butleigh Court. 
 
 N.B. — Downman's original spelling is retained tliroughout these lists. 
 
 SECOND SERIES 
 
 Volume the First. 
 
 9. 
 10. 
 
 11. 
 
 14. 
 15. 
 
 16. 
 
 17. 
 
 John Hinchcliffe, D.D., Bishop of Peterborough, 
 
 and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1777. 
 Mrs. Hinchcliffe, the Bishop's Lady, 1777, Sister 
 
 of John Crewe, Esq., M.P. 
 Another of Mrs. Hinchcliffe, 1777. 
 Miss Hinchcliffe, the Bishop's Daughter, 1777. 
 John Crewe, Esq., of Crewe Hall, Cheshire, M.P. 
 
 1777, afterwards Lord Crewe. 
 Another of Mr. Crewe, 1777. 
 Mrs. Crewe, his Lady, 1777. She was Frances 
 
 Ann GreviUe. 
 Miss Crewe, his Daughter, 1777. She was after- 
 wards Mrs. Cunliffe. Copy from Sir Joshua 
 
 Reynolds. 
 Colonel Crewe, his Brother, 1778. 
 Rev. Sir Stephen Glynne, 1777, on a visit to Mr. 
 
 Crewe, at , near Cambridge. 
 
 George Henry Fitzroy, Earl of Euston, 1777, of 
 
 Trinity College, for Sir Thomas Beauchamp, 
 
 heir apparent to the Duke of Grafton. 
 Another of Lord Euston, 1777. 
 Sir Thomas Beauchamp Proctor, Baronet, 1777, 
 
 of Christ's College, Cambridge, for Lord 
 
 Euston. 
 Mr. Fountain, Fellow Commoner of 
 
 College, 1777, son of the Dean of YorU. 
 Mrs. Watson, 1777, Lady of Richard Watson, D. D., 
 
 F.R.S., Professor of Divinity to the University, 
 
 Bishop of Llandaff, &c. 
 Mr. Holdsworth, Fellow Commoner of Trinity 
 
 College, 1777, and of , near Dartmouth, 
 
 Devon. 
 Doctor Lort, of Trinity College, of great character, 
 
 1777. Painted three of this, one for Dr. Por- 
 
 teous, the Bishop of Chester, who I also drew. 
 
 18. Mr. Randolph, of King's College, 1777, became an 
 
 excellent Divine. 
 
 19. Mr. Steed, Fellow Commoner of College, 
 
 1777. 
 
 20. The Lady of John Mortlock, Esq., Banker, at 
 
 Cambridge, 1777, painted large as life, grouped 
 with her son ; also painted a half-length of her 
 husband, as companion ; mother of the wife of 
 Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln, and Master of Christ's 
 College. 
 
 21. The Lady of Archibald Hamilton, Esq., 1777, 
 
 painted the size of life, half-length. She was 
 Miss Rebecca, second daughter of Governor 
 Dinwiddle. 
 
 22. The brother of Archibald Hamilton, Esq., lost at 
 
 sea. 
 
 23. William Greaves, of Tulborn, 1778, Commissary 
 
 of the University. 
 
 24. Another of Commissary Greaves, 1778. 
 
 25. Miss Barnardiston, daughter of the Master of 
 
 Bene't College, John Barnardiston, D.D., 
 Principal Librarian. 
 
 26. Mrs. Richards, Lady of, 1778. 
 
 27. John Richards, Esq., of Hambleton, Hants, 1778. 
 
 28. Mr. Bridgeman, Fellow Commoner of Trinity 
 
 College, 1777, eldest son of Sir Henry Bridge- 
 man, Bart., whose untimely death was much 
 lamented. I also drew his two brothers and 
 two sisters. 
 
 29. Mr. Ford, Fellow Commoner, of St. John's 
 
 College, Cambridge, 1777. 
 
 30. Another of Mr. Ford, 1777. 
 
 li.
 
 John Downman 
 
 SECOND SERIES 
 
 Volume the Second. 
 
 1. George John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, at 
 
 Trinity College, 1777, only son of Earl Spencer. 
 I painted two of this. 
 
 2. Mr. Kynneston, the elder, at College, 1777, from 
 
 Shropshire. " Sir John Kynaston Powell." 
 
 3. Mr. Kynneston, the younger brother, at College, 
 
 1777, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire. " Sir 
 John Kynaston." 
 
 4. George Wolffe, Esq., the great Danish merchant 
 
 and Consul, 1777 ; a most excellent man. 
 
 5. Miss Elizabeth Wolffe, his eldest daughter. 
 
 6. Another of Miss Elizabeth Wolffe, 1778. 
 
 7. The youngest daughter, Matilda, 1778, of George 
 
 Wolffe, Esq. 
 
 8. Jens Wolffe, his only son, 1778. 
 
 9. Ernst Wolffe, the brother of George, 1778. A 
 
 most amiable man. 
 
 10. Captain Anker, a Dane, 1778, in a public capacity 
 
 in England. 
 
 11. Mr. Smith, a Dane, at School in England, 1777. 
 
 12. The two Miss Comparts, 1777, of St. Neots, 
 
 Huntingdonshire. 
 
 13. Benjamin West, Esq., 1777; b. in America, 1738, 
 
 d. 1820; the great historical Painter, my most 
 beloved teacher. 
 
 14. Another of Mr. West, 1777. 
 
 15. Another of Mr. West, 1777. 
 
 16. Richard Cooper, Esq., Engraver, 1777, just before 
 
 his clandestine marriage. 
 
 17. George Gorham, Esq., 1777, Merchant, at St. 
 
 Neots, Huntingdonshire. 
 
 18. Mr. Wright, at Emmanuel College, 1777. 
 
 19. The Rev. Henry Hubbard, B.D., Fellow of 
 
 Emmanuel College, and Registrar of the Univer- 
 sity, 1777, of great note ; painted the size of 
 life, for John Mortlock, Esq. 
 
 20. .Mr. Lovett, at Trinity College, 1775, S.T.P., 1806. 
 
 He was glad to be in the Church that he might 
 have the talk to himself, at least one day in the 
 week. 
 
 21. The Rev. Peter Stephen Goddard, D.D., the 
 
 Master of Clare Hall, 1777, painted large as 
 life, for John Mortlock, Esq. 
 
 22. Alderman Reynolds, of Norwich, 1777. 
 
 23. Mrs. Reynolds, his wife, 1777. 
 
 24. Miss Frost, of Norwich, 1778, the intended of the 
 
 Rev. Mr. Adkin. 
 
 25. Old Mrs. Gray, of Norwich, 1778. 
 
 26. The two daughters of Mr. Rigby, of Norwich, 
 
 1778, the celebrated Surgeon. 
 
 27. Lady Northampton, 1779, second wife of Spencer, 
 
 8th Earl of Northampton, for Gregory Way, 
 Esq., whose niece he married. 
 
 28. Gregory Way, Esq., and his Lady, 1778, of 
 
 Spencer Farm, Essex ; slie was Miss Paxton. 
 
 29. Mr. Le Maitre, one of the three Judges appointed 
 
 going out to India, 1778; painted large as life, 
 and small. 
 
 30. Mr. Wheeler, Fellow Commoner of Trinity 
 
 College, 1778. 
 
 SECOND SERIES. 
 
 Volume the Third. 
 
 1. Richard Farmer, D.D., 1788. Head of Emanuel 
 
 College, Cambridge, of great note. 
 
 2. Mr. Tyoroton, of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1778. 
 
 Of the Rutland f.imily. 
 
 3. Mr. .Mantle, of Hene't College, Cambridge, 1778. 
 
 4. Miss Gooch, 1778. Daughter of Dr. Gooch, etc., 
 
 of Ely Cathedral. 
 
 5. Andrew Robinson Stoney Bowes, Esq., 1781. 
 
 Painted a family picture of himself. Lady 
 Strathmore and her three sons and two 
 daughters by the late Earl, and one daughter 
 by himself, 1781. 
 
 6. The Countess of Strathmore, her son. Earl 
 
 Strathmore, the Hon. George Bowes, Lady 
 Anna Maria Bowes. 
 
 7. Lady Mary Bowes ; another of Lady Anna Maria, 
 
 the Hon. Thomas Bowes, and the little girl by 
 her present husband, 1786. 
 
 8. The Rev. Mr. Adkins.of Norwich, at Bene't College. 
 
 9. The Rev. Mr. Wakefield, of Richmond, 1778, 
 
 on a visit to his brother, Gilbert Wakefield, at 
 Cambridge. 
 
 10. Mrs. Wakefield, his lady, 1778. 
 
 11. Anotherof Mrs. Wakefield, 1778. 
 
 12. Gilbert Wakefield, of Jesus College, Cambridge, 
 
 1778. 
 
 13. Master Banks, 1778. 
 
 14. Mr. Curtis, at St. John's College, Cambridge, 1778 ; 
 
 B.A. 1799. 
 
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 List of Portraits 
 
 SECOND SERIES. Volume thr Third- 
 
 15. Jacob Mountain, of Caius College, Cambridge, 
 
 1778. Was soon afterwards Bishop of Quebec, 
 and truly a man in every sense of the word. 
 
 16. Mr. Mountain, 1778. His brothers went to 
 
 America with him. 
 
 17. Miss Mountain, 1778. His sister. 
 
 18. Miss Mountain, 1778. The younger sister. 
 
 19. A Lady Unknown, 1778. For Jacob Mountain. 
 
 20. Miss Bakewell, 1778. For G. J. G. 
 
 21. Old Mr. Wale, of Shelford, near Cambridge, 1778. 
 
 Had been a Russian merchant. 
 
 22. Miss Wale, 1778. His daughter, the favourite of 
 
 Mr. Brundish. 
 
 ■continuetl. 
 
 1778. 
 
 The younger daughter, 
 
 23. Miss Mary Wale, 
 
 fair and lovely. 
 
 24. Another of Miss Mary Wale, 1778. 
 
 25. The Rev. Mr. Richards, of Longbreddy, Dorset- 
 
 shire, 1788. Had the finest manor for game in 
 England. 
 
 26. .Mrs. Richards, his lady, 1778. Was the celebrated 
 
 daughter of Dr. Moisey, of Bath. 
 
 27. Another of Mrs. Richards. 
 
 28. Mr. Brown, of Frampton, Dorsetshire, 1778, on a 
 
 visit at Longbreddy House. 
 
 29. Miss Ives, of Norwich, 1778. Fair and lovely, for 
 
 Jer. Ives, Esq. A half-length on panel. 
 
 30. Another of Miss Ives, 1778. 
 
 SECOND SERIES. 
 
 Volume the Fourth. 
 
 1. Mr. Lowther, at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1778. 
 
 He became Sir William Lowther, Bart., Lord 
 Lowther, and Earl of Lonsdale. 
 
 2. Mr. Craddock, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 
 
 1778. 
 
 3. Mr. Farhill, of Bene't College, Cambridge, 1779. 
 
 4. Mrs. Pervis, 1778, on a visit at the Rev. Mr. 
 
 Doily's. 
 
 5. Mrs. Doily, 1778, of , near Cambridge. 
 
 6. A lady unkown, 1778, for Frank Fane, Esq., of 
 
 Dorsetshire. 
 
 7. Mr. Trilogue, at Queen's College, Cambridge, 1778. 
 
 8. Mr. Heighton, at Caius College, Cambridge, 1779. 
 
 9. Mr. Gillum, of , Cambridgeshire, 1778. 
 
 10. Mr. Roberson, Dissenting Minister at Cambridge, 
 
 1778. A writer of great ability — from my 
 portrait many prints were made for his works. 
 
 11. Mrs. Colvill, of , near Cambridge, 1778, 
 
 the friend of Mr. Roberson. 
 
 12. Miss Colvill, her daughter, 1778. Her face had 
 
 been sadly cut by glass in the overturn of their 
 chariot. 
 
 13. Master Rupert Green, 1778. 
 
 14. Mrs. Butler, 1778, for Sir Lambert Blackwell, 
 
 Sprowston Hall, Norfolk ; painted this a half- 
 length on panel. 
 
 15. Mrs. Wheatley, 1778. 
 
 16. Miss Elizabeth Flood, of Exeter, 1778, second 
 
 daughter of the alderman. 
 
 17. Old Mrs. Downman, 1778. 
 
 18 Old Mr. Downman, of Alphington Cot, near 
 E.teter, the father of Dr. Hugh Downman, 1778. 
 
 19. Another of old Mrs. Downman, 1778. 
 
 20. Doctor Hugh Downman, of E.xeter, 1778. 
 
 21. Mrs. Downman, his lady, 1778; she was cousin to 
 
 Lord Courtenay. 
 
 22. Old Mr. Nation, of Exeter, 1780, merchant. 
 
 23. Old Mrs. Nation, his wife, 1780. 
 
 24. Young Mr. Nation, his son, 1780. 
 
 25. Miss Fell, 1778. 
 
 26. Mr. Webber, 1779, merchant at Exeter. 
 
 27. Montague Parker, Esq., of Whiteway, Devon, 1779. 
 
 28. Mrs. Montague Parker, his lady, 1779 ; was Miss 
 
 Ourey. 
 
 29. Mr. Francis, of Cambridge, 1779, partner to John 
 
 Mortlock, Esq., banker, etc. 
 
 30. Captain Crook, R.N., at Exeter, 1779. 
 
 SECOND SERIES, 
 
 Volume the Fifth. 
 
 1. Counsellor White, of Exeter, 1779, a most excel- 
 
 lent man. 
 
 2. Mr. Kennaway, of Exeter, 1779. 
 
 3. Miss Peggy Wale, of Cambridge, 1778, a Beauty, 
 
 who Mr. Tyson, of Bene't College, married. 
 
 4. Master Thackeray, 1779, son of the Apothecary, 
 
 at Cambridge. 
 
 5. Miss Thackeray, his daughter, 1778. 
 
 6. Miss Charlotte Seracold, 1779, of Cherry Hinton, 
 
 near Cambridge, for Lombe, Esq. 
 
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 SECOND SERIES. Volume the Fifth — continued. 
 
 7. Sir Jacob Wolff, of , near Exeter, 1780, 
 
 painted on panel, with his Lady and four 
 children, of Silesian origin. 
 
 8. Lady Wolff, 1780. 
 
 9. The four children. 
 
 10. Captain Peyton, R.N., 1779, of Exeter. 
 
 11. Masters Benjamin, of Stansted, and Lewis Way, 
 
 of Denham, 1779, the two eldest sons of Ben- 
 jamin Way, Esq., of Denham House, Bucking- 
 hamshire. 
 
 12. Master William Way and his sister, 1779, the third 
 
 son and eldest daughter of Benjamin Way, 
 Esq. 
 
 13. Mrs. Harvey, 1779, Lady of Doctor Harvey, of 
 
 Exeter. 
 Another of Mrs. Harvey, 1779. 
 Mrs. Hawtrey, of Exeter, 1779, Lady of the 
 Counsellor. 
 
 Mrs. Robert Cook, 1779, of — -, near Exeter. 
 
 17. Miss Thomas, at Exeter, 1779, sister to Mrs. 
 Roberts, the Counsellor's Lady. 
 
 14. 
 15. 
 
 16 
 
 18. Mrs. Stoodley, of Exeter, 1781. 
 
 19. Mr. Henry Lee, of Exeter, 1779, Solicitor. 
 
 20. Mrs. Lee, his Lady, and child, 1780. 
 
 21. Dr. Oakes, of Exeter, 1780. 
 
 22. The Lady of Sir John Poole, of Shute, Devon, 
 
 1780 ; was Miss Templer, now Dc la Pole. 
 
 23. Another of Lady Poole. 
 
 24. Mitchell, Esq., of , near Exeter. 
 
 25. Mrs. Mitchell, his Lady, 1780. She was of the 
 
 Molesvvorth family. 
 
 26. Master Mitchell, his son, 1780. 
 
 27. Charles James Fox, Esq., M.P., 1778, painted for 
 
 the beautiful Mrs. Crewe. 
 
 28. Colonel Thomas James, of the R.A., sent out to 
 
 America under Lord Howe. 
 
 29. Doctor Bentley, great in criticism, done from the 
 
 whole length, by Sir James Thornhill, in 
 Trinity College Hall, Cambridge, 1777. 
 
 30. Sir Isaac Newton, done from the whole length, by 
 
 Sir James Thornhill, in Trinity College Hall, 
 Cambridge, 1777. 
 
 THIRD SERIES 
 
 Volume the First. 
 
 10, 
 
 11. 
 
 12. 
 
 Mr. Tyghe, from Ireland, 1790, half length, a 
 
 group, with his daughter. 
 Miss and Master Cazelet, 1791, a group. 
 The Aunt to Miss and Master Cazelet, 1791. 
 Sir William Twysden, Bart., and his Lady, 1786, 
 
 whole length, a group. She was the youngest 
 
 Miss Winch. 
 Mr. Calvert, 1792, a group half length, with his 
 
 lady and child. 
 Two of Mrs. Calvert for the group, 1792. 
 Miss Currie, 1796, Mr. William Currie, her brother. 
 Two of Lady Susan Carpenter, 1792, afterwards 
 
 Marchioness of Watcrford. Her brother, John 
 
 George Viscount Callingford, died 1789, children 
 
 of Earl Tyrconnel. 
 The Honorable Colonel Clements, from Ireland, 
 
 1791, Master and Miss Clements, his children, 
 
 1791, a group. His Lady ill at Knightsbridge. 
 Miss Sarah Horsington, 1793. 
 Mrs. Philips, 1796. 
 Honorable Miss Caroline Courtenay, 1801, for old 
 
 Mr. Taylor, of Denbury, afterwards Lady 
 
 Caroline Norland. 
 Mrs. Currie, 1791. 
 Honorable Captain Lcgge, R.N., 1802, son of the 
 
 Earl of Dartmouth. 
 The Honorable and Reverend Mr. Leggc, his 
 
 brother, 1802. 
 
 16. The Honorable Mr. Henry Legge, of Lincoln's 
 
 Inn, 1802, another brother. 
 
 17. Master Webb, from Uxbridge, 1798. 
 
 18. Mrs Beauville and her son, 1798, half length, a 
 
 group for the Earl of Tyrconnel. 
 
 19. Mrs. Foxall, 1799. 
 
 20. Mrs. Selby, of Alnwick, Northumberland, 1790, 
 
 whole length, a group with her husband. 
 
 21. Two children of Montagu Burgoyne, Esq., M.P., 
 
 a group, 1794. 
 
 22. Three children of Richard Chambers, Esq., 1790, a 
 
 group. He was Banker at Ncwcastle-on-Tyne. 
 
 23. Mrs. Lushington, a whole length, 1784. Her 
 
 husband was soon after knighted Sir William. 
 
 24. Miss Tufnel, 1797. 
 
 25. Mrs. Poore, 1801, done the day after she was so 
 
 sadly killed. 
 
 26. Mrs. Sewel, a whole length, 1781, sister to Mr. 
 
 Lcvves, of the War Oflice. 
 
 27. Two of Lady Mildmay, a half length, 1793. 
 
 28. Two of Mrs. George Ricketts, a half length, 1793, 
 
 sister to Lady Mildmay. 
 
 29. George Ricketts. Esq., at College, Cam- 
 
 bridge, 1778; Mrs. George Ricketts, another, 
 1793. 
 
 30. Mrs. Mountain, a group with her husband, 1784, 
 
 wiio was soon alter lii'st Hisliop of Quebec 
 
 liv.
 
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 THIRD SERIES 
 
 Volume the Second. 
 
 1. 
 
 2. 
 3. 
 
 4. 
 5. 
 6. 
 7. 
 
 8. 
 9. 
 
 10. 
 
 II. 
 12. 
 
 13. 
 
 14. 
 
 15. 
 16. 
 
 17. 
 18. 
 
 ly. 
 
 20. 
 
 21, 
 
 Mr. Braddyll, of Lancashire, 178S, whole length. 
 
 John Drummond, Esq., banker, 1787. 
 
 The Nephew and Lady of John Drummond, 1787, 
 
 they were in a group. 
 Counsellor Minshull, 1796. 
 Mr. Kecble, from India, 1798. 
 Another of Mr. Keeble. 
 Mrs. Saunders, of Southend, 1798, sister to Mr. 
 
 Keeble. 
 Mr. Ray and his daughter, 1796. 
 Second Miss Ray and Master Ray, three children 
 
 in a group. 
 Miss Richards, 1790, of Longbreddy House, 
 
 Dorsetshire. 
 Mr. Sahnond, 1795. 
 Miss Wynch, 1789, daughter of Captain Wynch, 
 
 from India, a half-length, with Zephyr, Mrs. 
 
 Barbauld's idea. 
 Thomas Daniel, Esq., A.R.A., 1799, in a group, 
 
 with his nephew, William Daniel, gr<:at 
 
 travellers in India. 
 William Daniel, 1799, for the group in the St. 
 
 Pancras Volunteers, in my Company. 
 Mrs. Dewar, 1789, a whole-length. 
 The three sons of Jeremiah Dyson, Esq., 1787, in 
 
 a group. 
 Mrs. Graham Clarke, 1801. 
 Another of Mrs. Graham Clarke, 1801. 
 The lady of Sir Godfrey Webster, 1791, divorced 
 
 and became Lady Holland, wife of Henry 
 
 Richard, 3rd Lord Holland, ob. 1845. 
 Miss Adeane, 1784, a whole-length, just married 
 
 to the Rev. .Mr. Law, successively Bishop of 
 
 Chester and Bath and Wells. 
 Mr. Middleton, of Stoclicld Park, Yorkshire, 1792. 
 
 His son. Master Middleton, for the group, 1792. 
 
 22. Two more children of Mr. Middleton, 1792, with 
 
 their brother in a group. 
 
 23. Mrs. Middleton, of Stockeld Park, 1792, she was 
 
 Miss Grace. 
 
 24. Mr. William James Merchant, 1797. 
 
 25. Mrs. Downman, 1794, lady of Dr. Hugh Downman, 
 
 Exon. 
 
 26. Mrs. Young, 1780, of the Drew family, Devon. 
 
 27. Mrs. Seaforth, 1787; Mrs. Smith, 1787. 
 
 28. Lady Haggerston and her daughter (afterwards 
 
 wife of Sir Thomas Stanley, Bart., of Hooton), 
 1783, a group half-length. 
 
 29. The younger Miss Lushington, 1798, a group with 
 
 her sister. 
 
 30. The elder Miss Lushington, 1798, for the group, 
 
 of Porland Place. 
 
 31. The Daughter of Sir James Liddle, 1783, a half- 
 
 length. Master Robert Chambers, 1790, in a 
 group with his sister and younger brother 
 Charles ; sent to their father. Sir Robert 
 Chambers, Judge, in India. 
 
 32. Mr. Croker, 1789, a whole-length. Ward of Mr. 
 
 Lock, of Norbury Park. Mrs. Ellis, 1792, a 
 whole-length, daughter of Sir Peter Parker, 
 Ad., R.N. 
 
 33. Captain Dubson, 1783. Old Mrs. Pearce, of 
 
 Lothbury, 1800, of Grecian origin, mother of 
 J. Pearce, M.P. for Devizes. 
 
 31. Lady Georgiana Buckley, daughter of Earl of 
 Delawarr, 1784, the Duchess of Hamilton, 1784, 
 a group half-length, with Lady Percy, her 
 sister, nees Burrell. The Duchess re-married 
 Marquess of Exeter. 
 
 35. Miss Palmer, afterwards Marchionessof Thoniond, 
 niece of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1783, a half- 
 length. Miss Ellis, 1794. 
 
 THIRD SERI ES, 
 Volume the Third. 
 
 1. Mrs. Bulteel, of Lynham House, Devon, 1796, 
 
 lady of John Bulteel, Esq. 
 
 2. Miss Bulteel, 1796, her daughter, in a group with 
 
 her brother. 
 
 3. Master Bulteel, 1796. For the group. 
 
 4. Miss Harris, of Plymouth, 1796. The banker'.s 
 
 daughter. Niece of Mr. Bulteel, of Lynham 
 House. 
 
 5. William Dundas, Esq., 1783. A whole-length. 
 
 6. The daughter of Bransby Cooper, Esq., from 
 
 Norfolk, 1786. 
 
 7. Lady Elizabeth Lambert, 1788, as Una in 
 
 Spenser's " Fairy Queen.' Sister to Lord 
 Cavan ; born 1784; married 1st, Captain Wood- 
 gate ; 2nd, Captain Harvey. 
 
 8. Lord Kilcourcy, 1785. First son of the Earl of 
 
 Cavan ; outline, the day after his death. 
 
 Iv.
 
 John Downman 
 
 THIRD SERIES. Volume the Third— continued. 
 
 9. The three daughters of the Earl of Cavan, 1788, 
 in a gioup. 
 
 10. The lady of Lieutenant Clark, R.N., 1780. 
 
 11. Counsellor James White, of Exeter, 1796. 
 
 12. Mrs. Abbott, his niece-in-law. 
 
 13. Mr. Dine, 1779, Vicar-Choral of St. Pauls. 
 
 14. .Mrs. Dyne. 
 
 15. Mrs. Wright, 1777. The famous Wax-woman and 
 
 Republican, from America. Another of Mrs. 
 Wright. 
 
 16. Miss CruikshanUs, 1790. Second daughter of the 
 
 celebrated surgeon. 
 
 17. Mr. Reid, from Dublin, 1801. For his son, Ralph 
 
 Reid, Esq. 
 
 18. Mrs. Hardinge, 1789. A half length. 
 
 19. .Miss Hill, 1796. 
 Mrs. Poynts Ricketts, 1793. 
 Sir George Armitage, 1795. A whole-length. He 
 
 had married the beautiful daughter of Sir 
 
 Harbord Harbord, Bart., whom I had also 
 
 drawn. 
 The Hon. Mrs. Petre, 1793. A half-length. 
 The two children of Sir George Cornwall, 1790, 
 
 in a group, with a shell. The girl became Mrs. 
 
 Frankland Lewis, mother of Right Hon. Sir 
 
 G. C. Lewis. 
 
 20 
 21 
 
 22 
 23 
 
 25. 
 
 26. 
 27. 
 28. 
 
 '2i. The three children of Edmund Pleydell, Esq., of 
 Milbourne, Dorsetshire, 1790, in a group. 
 
 Master Monson, 1799. A whole length. Son of 
 the Hon. Mr. Monson, in the East India Service. 
 
 Mrs. Ford, 178'^. A whole-length. 
 
 Mrs. Pearson and sister, 1787. For the group. 
 
 Mr. Pearson and child, 1787. All in the group. 
 
 29. Mr. King, 1785, the actor, as Sir Peter Teazle, 
 
 whole-length ; with MissFarren as Lady Teazle, 
 for Lord Derby (afterwards Countess of Derby). 
 Mr. Cust, King's Counsel, 178S, a whole-length. 
 
 30. Lady Roger Twisden, 1784. A half-length, with 
 
 her daughter, Mrs. Massingbird, 1783, a half- 
 length. 
 
 31. Lady Lewisham, 1785. She was Lady Francis 
 
 Finch, and became Countess of Dartmouth. 
 
 32. Baroness Willoughby d'Eresby, 1786, lady of 
 
 Sir Peter Burrell, Bart. A whole-length, for 
 her mother, the Duchess of Ancaster. 
 
 33. Colonel Hunter, of Bath, 1790. 
 
 34. Master Henry Wesley, 1796, brother to Lord 
 
 Mornington, afterwards Lord Cowley. 
 
 35. The son and daughter of Keane Osborne, Esq. 
 
 Sent to Jamaica to him, a group, whole-length. 
 
 36. The Hon. Mrs. Darner, when modelling, 1788. 
 
 THIRD SERIES. 
 
 Volume the Fourth. 
 
 1. Mr. Farhilt, 1778, of Bene't College, Cambridge; 
 
 Mr. Mjntle, 1778, of Bene't College, Cam- 
 bridge. 
 
 2. Miss Duntz, 1776, of St. Neots, Huntingdonshire. 
 
 Another of Miss Duntz, she was a relation of 
 the Duke of Manchester. 
 
 3. Mr. Stileman, 1777, of College, Cam- 
 
 bridge ; Mr. Barnard, 1777, of College, 
 
 Cambridge ; a friend of Lord Althorp's. 
 
 4. Mr. Burslani, 1778, of St. John's College, Cam- 
 
 bridge; a great skater; Mr. Grattan, 1778, of 
 Trinity College, Cambridge, Tutor to Governor 
 HoKlsworth. 
 
 5. Miss Wale, 1778, a favourite of Mr. Brundish, of 
 
 Caius College; Miss Mary Wale, 1778, of 
 Shelford, near Cambridge. 
 
 6. Mr. Hickford, 1777, of College, Cam- 
 
 bridge, Mr. Buxton, 1777, of College, 
 
 Cambridge. 
 
 7. Mrs. ColviUe, 1778, of , near Cambridge, 
 
 Miss Colville, 1778. 
 
 8. Another of Mrs. Colville, 1778; Mrs. Richards, of 
 
 Longbreddy House, Dorsetshire, 1778. 
 
 9. Miss Mary Kentish, 1779, ot , near Cam- 
 bridge. Another of Miss Mary Kentish, 1779, 
 sister to Mrs. Mountain, the Bishop of Quebec's 
 Lady. 
 
 10. Three of George Wolffc, 1773 ; the Danish Mer- 
 
 chant and Consul. 
 
 11. Mr. Wroughton, the Actor, 1777; Mr. Aiken, the 
 
 Actor, 1777; Mr. Lewis, the Actor, 1777; Mr. 
 Reinhold, the Bass Singer and Actor, 1777. 
 
 12. Mr. Hill, the Actor, 1777; Mr. Lione, the cele- 
 
 brated Jew Singer, 1777 ; Mrs. Hartley, 1777, 
 an admired Actress. 
 
 13. Another of Mrs. Hartley. The preceding six 
 
 studies of actors were made for my design from 
 Mason's Play of Caractacus, but which I had 
 not time to make a picture of as I intended. It 
 was acted at Covent Garden Theatre with 
 applause. 
 
 14. The Honourable Colonel Trevor, 1780, of the 
 
 Sussex Militia, at Exeter. The Duke of Rich- 
 mond, Commander. 
 
 15. The Rev. Mr. Toogood, of Exeter, 1779, Outline, 
 
 called the Western Apostle. 
 
 Ivi.
 
 List of Portraits 
 
 THIRD SERIES. Volume the PovR^H— continued. 
 
 16. John Parlier, Esq., of Saltram, M.P., for Devon, 
 
 1780 ; ill 1784 was created first Lord Borringdon. 
 
 17. Colonel Henry Phipps, 1781. Outline; on the 
 
 death of his brother became second Lord 
 Mulgrave. 
 
 18. The Lady of Thomas Lord Foley, 1780; she was 
 
 fourth daughter of the Earl of Harrington. 
 
 19. General Harcourt, for a whole length 1779; by 
 
 the death of his brother he became Lord 
 Harcourt. A monument to him in St. George's, 
 Windsor. He was succeeded in his Estates by 
 Vernon Harcourt, Archbishop of York. 
 
 20. -Mrs. Billington, 1786. Outline, two ; a most 
 
 celebrated singer. 
 
 21. The Lady of Captain Charles Hamilton, R.N., 
 
 1779 ; she was Miss Prosser ; played and sung 
 finely. 
 
 22. The Rev. Dr. Woodcock, of Bath, 1790, for his 
 
 son-in-law, Dr. Munro. 
 
 23. Fox Lane, Esq., 1781, of Bramham Hall, York- 
 
 shire. 
 
 24. Mr. Brundish and Mr. Mountain, two friends, of 
 
 Caius College, Cambridge, 1778 ; the latter soon 
 after was Bishop of Quebec. 
 
 25. The daughter of Newton Fellowes, Esq., in a 
 
 group with her brother, for the Dowager Lady 
 Portsmouth, their grandmamma, 1798, after- 
 wards Lady Henrietta Chichester Nagle. 
 
 26. The Son of Newton Fellowes, Esq., for the 
 
 group, 1798. 
 
 27. Colonel John Hunter, at Clifton, 1776, owner of 
 
 Little England in Virginia. 
 
 FOURTH SERI ES 
 
 Volume the First. 
 
 1. Hugh, Lord Percy, 1811, eldest son of the Duke 
 
 of Northumberland, s. 1817, K.G., d.s.p. 1847. 
 At this time he commanded a regiment of his 
 own raising of 700 men, with artillery, etc., 
 and kept them all at his own expense during 
 the war. I drew three portraits of this, and a 
 half-length figure in uniform. 
 
 2. Colonel David Smith, of Alnwick, 1811, principal 
 
 steward to the Duke of Northumberland. 
 
 3. Mr. Robinson, 1811, a great farmer, near Alnwick. 
 
 4. The Hon. Mrs. Lamb, 1810; a half-length for the 
 
 Duchess of Devonshire. 
 
 5. Dr. Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St. David's, 1817, 
 
 a celebrated character and author. 
 
 6. Lewis Way, Esq., of Stanstead Park, 1815, the 
 
 great converter of the Jews to Christianity. 
 
 7. Another of (now) the Rev. Lewis Way, of Stan- 
 
 stead Park, 1817. 
 
 8. The Lady of the Rev. Lewis Way, of Stanstead 
 
 Park, 1817, she was Miss Drew, of Devon- 
 shire. 
 
 9. Miss Drusilla Way, 1817, his eldest daughter, for 
 
 the group of his four children. 
 
 10. Master Albert Way, 1817, his eldest son, founder 
 
 of the Archa;ological Institute. 
 
 11. Miss Anna Mary Way, 1817, Mrs. Ayshford Wise. 
 
 12. Miss Olivia Way, 1817, Mrs. Kennaway. 
 
 13. The Rev. William Way, of Glympston Park, 1817. 
 
 He played at backgammon from Wednesday 
 morning till Saturday night. 
 
 14. Benjamin Way, Esq., of Denham House, Bucks, 
 
 1819, the elder brother of Lewis and William, 
 etc. ; also drew his lady and daughters, and 
 Miss West. 
 
 15. Mrs. Way, of Glympston Park, Oxfordshire, 1817, 
 
 lady of the Rev. William Way. 
 
 16. The widow, Mrs. Nicholson, sen., of Bishopwear- 
 
 mouth, 1811. 
 
 17. Another of Mrs. Nicholson, 1811. 
 
 18. Robert Nicholson, Esq., of the Green, Bishop- 
 
 wearmouth, Sunderland, 1812. His father and 
 himself married two sisters. 
 
 19. His Lady, Mrs. Robert Nicholson, jun., 1S12. 
 
 20. Miss Nicholson, 1812, sister to Robert Nicholson, 
 
 Esq., jun. 
 
 21. Graham Clarke, Esq., of Fenham House and West 
 
 India, 1811, merchant at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 
 
 22. His son, James Graham Clarke, 1811. 1 also 
 
 drew his mother and two beautiful sisters. 
 
 23. The Rev. Mr. Copplestone, 1810, Poetry Professor 
 
 at Oxford, Bishop of Llandaff, and Dean of 
 St. Paul's. 
 
 24. The Rev. Dr. Cole, 1810, Master of E.xeter 
 
 College, and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford. I drew 
 four portraits of this. 
 
 25. Mr. Randies, 1807, the celebrated blind harper, 
 
 and organist of Wrexham, in a group with his 
 daughter. 
 
 26. Miss Elizabeth Randies, 1807, the extraordinary 
 
 musical child, for the group, whole length. 
 
 Ivii.
 
 John Downman 
 
 FOURTH SERIES. Volume the First— continued. 
 
 27. William Bowles, Esq., of West Mailing, Kent, 
 
 ISIO. 
 
 28. Mrs. Rouen, 1809, late Miss Martha Spong, of 
 
 Mill Hall. 
 
 29. Daniel Clutterbuck, Esq., 1811. 
 
 30. John Scudamore, Esq., 1811, solicitor. [Married 
 
 Charlotte Downman, niece of the artist.] 
 
 FOURTH SERIES 
 
 Volume the Second. 
 
 1. Lady Elizabeth Smyth, 1814. Cousin and wife 
 
 of John Henry Smyth, Esq., M.P., of Heath 
 Hall, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, and daughter 
 of the Duke of Grafton. 
 
 2. Benjamin Hcywood, Esq., of Stanley Hall, near 
 
 Wakefield, 1814. 
 
 3. His daughter, Miss Heywood, 1814. 
 
 4. Mrs. Jones, 1814. Was another daughter of 
 
 Benjamin Heywood, Esq., and lady of a banker 
 at Liverpool. 
 
 5. A lady, not named, 1815. For Captain Heywood, 
 
 son of Benjamin Heywood. 
 
 Daniel Gaskill, Esq., M.P., of Lupset House, near 
 Wakefield, 1815. A great Radical ; uncle of the 
 Conservative M.P. for Wenlock. 
 7. His lady, Mrs. Gaskill, 1815. Another daughter 
 of Benjamin Heywood. 
 
 The lady of Counsellor John Heywood, of Wake- 
 field, 1815, brother to Benjamin Heywood, Esq. 
 
 The Rev. Thomas Jarvis, 1814, of Leeds. A 
 distinguished author. 
 
 Mrs. Larking, of Clare House, East Mailing, 
 Kent, 1806. A lady of John Larking, Esq., and 
 sister to Sir Charles Styles, Bart. In a group 
 with her eight children. 
 
 Master Lambert Larking, 1806. For the group. 
 
 Misa Emily Larking, 1806. Ditto. [Mrs. Green.] 
 
 6. 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 Ditto, not verv well. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 
 [Mrs. Aretas 
 [Mrs. Waller.] 
 
 13. Miss Fanny Larking, 1806. Ditto, in a fantastic 
 
 dress. [Mrs. Lathom.] 
 
 14. Miss Camilla Larking, 1806. 
 
 [Mrs. Briggs.] 
 
 15. Miss Isabella Larking, 1806. 
 
 Akers-Douglas.] 
 
 16. MissCaroline Larking, 1806. 
 
 17. Master John Larking, 1806. 
 
 18. The infant Charles Larking. 1806. 
 
 19. The sketch for the Larking family group and dog. 
 
 20. Master William Edward Surtees, 1814. Related 
 
 to the Lord Chancellor Eldon, only child of the 
 beautiful young widow, who was Miss Farrand. 
 
 21. Mr. Cooke, 1815. 
 
 22. Mrs. Cooke, 1815. Of great musical abilities. 
 
 23. Mrs. Pearse, of Lothbury, 1815. 
 
 24. Tod Naylor, Esq., 1815. Manufacturer and 
 
 merchant at Wakefield. 
 
 25. His lady, Mrs. Tod Naylor, 1814. 
 
 26. Mr. Turner, 1815, Merchant from Exeter, at 
 
 Tod Naylor's, Esq. 
 
 27. Old Mr. Ridsdale, of Wakefield, 1815. 
 
 28. Mrs. Meller, of Rotherham, 1815. 
 
 29. Miss Beal, 1815. Though deaf and dumb, was 
 
 very clever. 
 
 30. Miss ,1816. A study for my picture of Peace. 
 
 FOU RTH SERI ES. 
 
 Volume the Third. 
 
 1. General Sir George Nugent, 1806, Commanding 
 
 the Western District, and soon after appointed 
 Commander-in-Chief in India. Whole-length 
 in a group, with his lady, two children, and 
 their nurse. 
 
 2. Lady Nugent, 1806. For the group. She some- 
 
 times wore very light hair as well as dark. 
 This was after introduced as a picture in the 
 group. 
 
 3. Another of Lady Nugent, 1806. For the group. 
 
 4. Master Nugent, 1806. For the group. 
 
 5. Miss Nugent, 1806. For the group. 
 
 6. General Sir George Nugent's infant son, 1807. 
 
 Drawn after death, as an angel asleep in the 
 Church. 
 
 7. General Sir George Nugent's nurserymaid, 1806. 
 
 For the group. 
 
 8. Mrs. Robinson, 1806. A sister of Lady Nugent. 
 
 9. Lady Nealc, 1806. For a whole-length. 
 
 10. Lady of Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, R.N. 
 
 11. Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, 1806.
 
 List of Portraits 
 
 FOURTH SERIES. Volume the Third— coniimicd. 
 
 IlB. The Lady of Sir Samuel Hood, 1806. Mary, 
 daughter of Lord Scaforth, afterwards married 
 to the Right Hon. James Stewart, Governor of 
 Ceylon, who assumed her name of Mackenzie. 
 
 12. The Lady of Colonel Braddyll, of Lancashire, 
 
 1805. In a group with her three daughters, to 
 be sent abroad to another daughter, 
 
 13. Miss Braddyll, 180.5. For the group. 
 
 14. Miss Charlotte Braddyll, 1805. For the group. 
 
 15. Miss — Braddyll, 1805, the youngest daughter. 
 
 For the group. 
 
 16. The Lady of Colonel Hall, 1806. For a whole- 
 
 length. She was second daughter of Mr. 
 Chappell. 
 
 17. Old Mr. Woolcombe, of Plymouth, 1806, father 
 
 of Doctor and Henry Woolcombe, solicitor. 
 When the picture was sent home it made one 
 daughter laugh and the other cry. 
 
 18. Miss Moreshed, of Widdy, near Plymouth, 1805. 
 
 " A fairy dancing on the green 
 You here may fancy truly seen ; 
 In sportive innocence and smiling gay, 
 Was here and there in constant play." 
 
 19. Matthew Louis, Esq., 1505, from the East 
 
 Indies. Brother to Admiral Sir Thomas Louis. 
 
 20. The Lady of Matthew Louis, Esq., 1803. Born in 
 
 India. Daughter of General Stuart. 
 
 21. The Lady of Captain Elphinstone, R.N,, 1806. In 
 
 a group with her two daughters. 
 
 22. The Two Daughters of Captain Elphinstone, 1806. 
 
 For the group. 
 
 23. Mrs. Trevelyan, 1806, in a kncc-length group, 
 
 with her sister, Miss Bcckworth. 
 
 24. Miss Beckworth, 1806. For the group. 
 
 25. The Lady of Captain King, R.N., 1806, in a group 
 
 with her child. She was daughter to Sir John 
 Duckworth. 
 
 26. The Child of Mrs. King, 1806. For the group. 
 
 27. The Lady of the Rev. Mr. Rice, 1806. Was Miss 
 
 Elizabeth Holmes, of Westcombe Park, Kent. 
 
 28. The Rev. Dr. Grant, of London Street, Fitzroy 
 
 Square, 1803. A literary character of note ; he 
 had lost an eye, for which I have heard him 
 abuse John Hunter. 
 
 29. Miss Mary Minns, 1803. Eldest daughter of Mrs. 
 
 Cooper, by her first husband, and niece to 
 Mr. Mistear. 
 
 30. Clara, the first child of Colonel Trant, 1804. He 
 
 was afterwards Governor of Oporto; her mother 
 was Miss Sarah Horsington. [Married Mr. 
 Branstone, afterwards Dean of Windsor.] 
 
 31. The Rev. Mr. Luce, of , near Plymouth, 
 
 1805. For his niece, Mrs. Collings. 
 
 32. The Lady of Captain Collings, of , near 
 
 Plymouth, 1805. She was Miss Trelawney, and 
 niece to the Rev. Mr. Collings. 
 
 33. The Emperor of Russia and his sister, the 
 
 Duchess of Oldenburg. Drawn at Oxford, the 
 14th and 15th of June, 1814. 
 
 FOURTH SERIES 
 
 Volume the Fourth. 
 
 1. Robert Southey, Esq., 1812. A most celebrated 
 
 writer and Poet Laureate. 
 
 2. The Earl of Darlington, 1812. William Harry 
 
 Vane, Viscount and Baron Barnard, at Lnng- 
 don Grange, near his Seat of Raby Castle ; 
 Marquess of Cleveland, 1827; Duke, 1833; 
 K.G. ; died 1842. 
 
 3. Otitline, Mrs. Russel, of Langdon Grange, near 
 
 Raby Castle, 1812. Soon afterwards married 
 to the Earl of Darlington. 
 
 4. Outline, Mr. Scarth, of Standrop, 1812. Chief 
 
 steward to the Earl of Darlington. 
 B. W. Beckwith, Esq., of , near Durham. 
 
 6. Henry Witham, Esq., of Cliffe and Durham, 1812. 
 
 7. Another of Henry Witham, Esq., 1812. 
 
 8. The Lady of Henry Witham, Esq., 1812. 
 
 9. Miss Lucy Downman, 1812, daughter of Colonel 
 
 Thomas Downman, R. A. [Married CecilTylden. 
 Colonel Tylden was nephew of the artist.] 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 10. Miss Richmall Mangnall, of Crofton Hall, 1814. 
 
 An excellent woman and authoress. 
 
 11. Another of Miss Richmall Mangnall, of Crofton 
 
 Hall, 1814. 
 Miss Fayrer, 1814. Dear friend of Miss Richmall 
 
 Mangnall. 
 Henry Peterson, Esq., jun., 1814. Merchant 
 
 and manufacturer, Wakefield. 
 His Lady, Mrs. H. Peterson, I8I4, daughter of 
 
 Sir Thomas Turton, Bart., M.P. 
 
 15. The Lady of Thomas Hooper, Esq., of Durhami 
 
 1812. 
 
 16. Mr. Ebdon, architect, of Durham, 1812. 
 
 17. Mrs. Tyrell, 1812. 
 
 18. The Mother of John Wright, Esq., of Sunderland, 
 
 1812. After she was dead, by his urgent desire. 
 
 19. Dun, Esq., of — , near Newcastle-on- 
 
 Tyne, 1812. 
 
 lix.
 
 John Downman 
 
 FOURTH SERIES. Volum 
 
 20. Two of the Lady of Mr. Waldie, 1812. Quaker 
 
 and merchant, at Newcastle-onTyne. 
 
 21. Joe Lambe, Esq., 1812. Merchant of Newcastle- 
 
 on-Tyne. 
 
 22. The Lady of Warren Lambe, Esq., 1812. Mer- 
 
 chant, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
 
 23. Mrs. Parker, of Lower Elswick, Newcastle-on- 
 
 Tyne, 1812. 
 
 24. The youngest child of Mrs. Parker, 1812. In a 
 
 group with her mother. 
 
 25. Count Borolaskie, 1812. The Polish Dwarf, and 
 
 J. C. D., both supposed sitting. He was 3ft. 
 3in. high, and weighed 3st. 31b. 
 
 26. Stephen Kemble, the Actor, 1812. An excellent 
 
 Sir John Falstaff without stuffing. 
 
 E THE Fourth — continued. 
 
 27. Thomas Maude, Esq., 1812. Banker, Newcastle- 
 
 onTyne. 
 
 28. Miss Irwin, of Long Town, at Newcastle-on-Tyne 
 
 School, 1812. 
 
 29. The Lady of Major Pigot, of the Bucks Militia, 
 
 1805. For a knee length. She was of Ireland. 
 
 30. The daughter of General Stanwix, 1804. For a 
 
 whole length, with a dog. 
 
 31. Her brother. Master Stanwix, 1804. For Mrs. 
 
 Henry. 
 
 32. Mrs. Smith, of West Mailing, Kent, 1805. Early a 
 
 widow with a family, which she well managed. 
 
 3S. J. Downman, Limner, the Author, 1813. 
 
 FOURTH SERIES 
 Volume the Fifth. 
 
 9. 
 10. 
 
 11. 
 
 12. 
 
 K). 
 14. 
 15. 
 16. 
 
 17. 
 
 Horatio Nelson, 1802. Admiral Lord Nelson of 
 the Nile. 
 
 Lord Barham, 1809. Was Sir Charles Middleton, 
 of Barham Court and Teston, Kent. 
 
 Robert Baxter, Esq., of the Dee Villa, Chester, 
 1816. 
 
 The Lady of Robert Baxter, Esq., 1816. 
 
 Mr. George Cuctt, of Chester, 1817. 
 
 Mrs. George Cuett, 1817. 
 
 1815, architect, of 
 Eminent Counsellor 
 
 Thomas Harrison, Esq., 
 Chester. 
 
 Francis Maude, Esq., 1815. 
 of Wakefield. 
 
 The Lady of Francis Maude, Esq., 1815. 
 
 Walter Vavasour, Esq., of Heath, near Wakefield, 
 
 1H14. 
 
 Mr. Lee, 1814, Solicitor, of Wakefield. 
 
 Mrs. Wolffe, of Sherwood Lodge, Battersea, 1803. 
 
 Lady of Jens WoHTe, Esq., Danish Consul. 
 General Campbell, 1803. 
 Miss Campbell, his daughter, 1803. 
 Another of Miss Campbell. 
 
 Two of the Lady of General Hay, Commander of 
 Maidstone Barracks, 1805. 
 
 Miss Mordaunt, 1803. Her Rev. father .said no 
 one could take her portrait, but was delighted 
 to confess himself mistaken. 
 
 18. Miss Delaval, 1803, daughter to Colonel Francis 
 
 Delaval. 
 
 19. The Lady of the Rev. Richard Ward, of Yalding, 
 
 1804. [Net Sarah Ramsay.] 
 
 20. The Rev. Mr. Hill, aged 94, 1803. Vicar of East 
 
 Mailing, Kent, great part of a century. He 
 went nine miles to see an antiquity and set off 
 in a gallop. 
 
 21. The Hon. Captain Arthur Kaye Leggc, R.N., 1803. 
 
 Brother to G., Earl of Dartmouth, K.G. 
 
 22. Mrs. Ward and child, 1804. 
 
 23. The Lady of J. Disraeli, Esq., 1804. Mother of 
 
 the Right Hon. Benjamin D'Israeli, the 
 universal and admirable writer. 
 
 24. The younger Miss Stuart, of Albemarle Street, 
 
 1804. A knee-length. 
 
 25. George Carpenter, Earl of Tyrconnel, Viscount 
 
 Carlingford and Baron Carpenter, 1802. 
 
 26. Mrs. Thompson, 1802. A group with her child, 
 
 for Earl Tyrconnel. 
 
 27. Mrs. Thompson's child, 1802. For the group. 
 
 28. Master George Taylor, 1803. For Earl Tyrconnel. 
 
 29. The Determined Widow, Mrs. Croad, 1806. A 
 
 whole length group, with her only daughter. 
 
 30. Another of Mrs. Croad, 1806. 
 
 31. The daughter of Mrs. Croad, 1806. For the group. 
 
 32. Mrs. Colonel Hall, of Plymouth Dock, 1806. 
 
 33. Mrs. Chnppcll, 1806. Mother to Mrs. Croad and 
 
 Mrs. Hall. 
 
 Ix.
 
 List of Portraits 
 
 FOURTH SERIES 
 
 Volume the Sixth. 
 
 1. John, 2nd Lord Boringdon, of Saltram, Devon, 
 
 1805. A whole length. 
 
 2. Mr. Cruiksh.Tnk, 1797, the eminent surgeon, of 
 
 Leicester Square, London. 
 
 3. Mr. Francis Towne, of Exeter, 1795. Landscape 
 
 painter. 
 
 4. Columbine, 1807. 
 
 5. Miss Cooper, 1809. Afterwards Mrs. Baines, of 
 
 Eltham,Kent. [" Pretty Peggy Cooper," after- 
 wards Mrs. Ralph.] 
 
 6. Lucy Perfect, 1809. For the grape house. 
 
 7. Issabella CD., 1809. For the grape house. 
 
 8. Miss Margarette Holmes, 1809. For the grape 
 
 house. [Married Rev. J. Scholefield.] 
 
 9. Miss Charlotte Andrews, of Exeter, Devon, 1806. 
 
 10. Miss Mary Minns, 1802. 
 
 11. Old Mrs. Soane, 1798. Mother of the celebrated 
 
 architect. 
 
 12. His son. Master John Soane, 1798. 
 
 13. Captain Houlton, of Farleigh Castel, of the 
 
 Somersetshire Militia, 1799. 
 
 14. Miss Harriot Douglas, 1801. At Mamhead Cot- 
 
 tage, on a visit to Mrs. Houlton. 
 
 15. Old Mrs. Pearse, of Lothbury, ISOO. 
 
 16. Miss Russel, of , Kent, 1798. 
 
 17. Miss Martha Russel, 1798. 
 
 18. Miss Elizabeth Hiclis, 1799. Third daughter of 
 
 Dr. Hicks, of St. James's Palace. 
 
 19. Outline of Lady Elizabeth Forster, 1787. For a 
 
 whole length for the Duke of Richmond. After- 
 wards Duchess of Devonshire. 
 
 20. Outline, Lady Melbourne, 1787. A whole length 
 
 for the fJuke of Richmond. 
 
 21. Outline, the Duchess of Devonshire, 1787. A 
 
 whole length for the Duke of Richmond. 
 
 22. The Honourable Mrs. Damer, 1787. A whole 
 
 length for the Duke of Richmond. She amused 
 herself with sculpture, vide ante, 3rd Series, 
 Vol. III. 
 
 23. Mrs. Wells, the Actress, 1787, as one of the 
 
 Merry Wives of Windsor. 
 
 24. Outline, George Drummond, Esq., 1788. The 
 
 great Banker, Charing Cross. 
 
 25. Old Mr. Douce, 1788. The father of Thomas, 
 
 William, and Francis. 
 
 26. Miss Parr, 1790. For my large picture of Sir 
 
 John Falstaff. 
 
 27. Mrs. Dudlovv, of West Mailing, Kent. 1798. In a 
 
 group with her son John. {Nie Miss Gates.] 
 
 28. Master John Dudlovv, 1798. For the group. 
 
 29. Master Fo.xall, 1799. In a group with his mother. 
 
 30. Study from a beggar, 1802. 
 
 31. Sir Edward Hughes, 1803. 
 
 32. Mr. Jacob, 1803. A great horse dealer. 
 
 33. Miss Hind, 1801. 
 
 SKETCHES IN ONE OF THE SKETCH-BOOKS OF THE FIRST 
 
 SERIES. 
 
 These sketches have been framed separately, and are now in various collections. 
 
 280. The Hon. Henry Fitzroy, 1709. Original study. 
 
 Son of Charles, first Lord Southampton, and 
 lately married to Lady Ann Wesley, sister to 
 the Earl of Mornington. 
 
 281. Mrs. Gwyn. 
 2&-1. John Boyd, Esq., M.P., 1783. Original. I also 
 
 drew his sister, from which Bartolozzi made a 
 print. 
 
 283. Sir John Stepney, 1780. Original. I also drew 
 
 three of his elegant brother. 
 
 284. Miss Danby, 1779. Original study. Sister to 
 
 Mrs. Harcourt, and daughter of the Rev. W. 
 Danby, of Swinton. 1 also drew her brother 
 and his wife. 
 
 285. Mrs. Way, 1779. First sitting. Wife of Benjamin 
 
 Way, Esq., of Denham Hall. She was Miss 
 Cooke. 
 
 286. Captain Kcppel, 1781. Original study. Nephcvv- 
 to the celebrated admiral. 
 
 287. Admiral Cell, 1784. Original. I drew twoofthis. 
 
 288. Mrs. Fisher, 1788. Original. The wife of my 
 good friend Dr. Fisher, Canon of Windsor. I 
 drew two of her and the doctor, who became 
 Bishop of Salisbury. 
 
 289. Mrs. Tufnell, 1780. Original. 
 
 290. Mrs. Boyd, 1784. Orifjinal. 
 
 291. Mrs. Chollett, 1788. Original. From the West 
 Indies for her health, and left her husband 
 there. I drew two different portraits of hir. 
 
 292. MissSarah\\hitmore,ijf Dedham, 1787. Original. 
 I also drew her two elder sisters and father. 
 
 293. Mrs. Hartcp and her child, 1780. Original. At 
 Pynes, near Exeter. Her husband, whom I 
 also drew, was scon after a baronet. 
 
 Ixi.
 
 John Downman 
 
 SKETCHES IN ONE OF THE SKETCH-BOOKS OF THE FIRST SURIKS— continued. 
 
 293a. The Hon. Peter Robert Burrell, 1784. Original 
 Study for a whole length, playing with a toy on 
 the floor. 
 
 294. Mr. Ward, of Soho Square, 1782. Original. 1 
 
 also drew his beautiful wife and her sister, 
 Miss Bucl<, and brothers thrice. 
 
 295. Mr. Greville, an officer, 1787. Original. Present, 
 
 his friend Sir Orlando Bridgeman, whom I also 
 drew. I had before drawn his beautiful sister. 
 Miss Crewe. 
 
 296. Miss Mills, 1780. Original. Daughter of the 
 
 Dean of Exeter. 
 
 297. The Lady of Benjamin Way, Esq., of Denham 
 
 Hall, 1779. Original. 
 
 298. Edward Elliott, Esq., M.P., 1779. Original. 
 
 Five years after created Baron Elliott, and 
 took the name of Craggs. Present, his friends 
 Colonel St. Paul and Mr. Langley, both of 
 whom I also drew. 
 
 299. Lord Euston, 1779. Original. George Henry 
 
 Fitzroy, Earl of Euston, a Captain in the Sussex 
 Militia. I drew two of this, one for Henry 
 Bunbury, Esq. 
 
 300. 
 
 301, 
 
 Lord John Thomas Henry Somerset and his 
 brother. Lord Fitzroy James Henry, the eighth 
 and ninth sons of the DuUe of Beaufort, 1790. 
 I had before drawn the elder children. He 
 was the first child of Sir Peter Burrell and 
 Lady Willoughby. Present, his grandmother, 
 the Duchess of Ancaster, and his aunt. Lady 
 Charlotte Bertie. 
 
 The Hon. Mrs. Harcourt, 1779. Original study 
 for a half-length. She was Mary Danby, and 
 widow of Thomas Lockhart, Esq. I drew four 
 portraits of her, and her husband twice, and a 
 whole-length. He became a general and the 
 third Earl Harcourt. 
 
 302. 
 
 303. 
 
 Benjamin Way, 
 Original study. 
 
 Esq., of Denham Hall, 
 I drew two of this. 
 
 1779. 
 
 Robert, Fourth Duke of Ancaster, 1779. Died 
 suddenly this year. This copy was enlarged 
 from a miniature, and done under the particular 
 directions of his friend, Mr. Weston, and much 
 approved, of which I made two. 
 
 LIST OF A FEW PORTRAITS BY JOHN DOWNMAN. 
 
 In various private collections, hitherto neither exhibited nor reproduced. 
 Richard Cooper, artist. Half-length, 
 
 Miss Baines 
 
 (Oil painting.) 
 
 Mrs. Norman Moore. William Smith, of Norwich. 
 Francis Cope, wife of above. (Crayon.) 
 
 Mrs. L. C. Ludlow. Frances Cope, wife of William 
 Smith, of Norwich, with their child, Benjamin, 
 in her arms. (Crayon.) 
 
 Mrs. George. Portrait (Crayon?) Miss Gent, great- 
 grandmother of Mr. George, of Cahore, Ireland. 
 
 Miss Mathias. Miss Kitty Mathias. Mrs. Ball, sister 
 to the above. Signed, J. Downman, 1783. Eight 
 inches, oval spandrel. (A pair. Crayon.) 
 
 Mr. Akers-Douglas, M.P. The finished picture of a 
 group of members of the Larking family, of which 
 the original sketches are in Mrs. Maitland's 
 collection of portfolios. (Crayon.) 
 
 Miss Warde. Mrs. Richard Warde, of Yalding. 
 (Crayon.) Charlotte, Mrs. John Scudamorc, 
 youngest daughter of Francis Downman, hrothor 
 of the artist. (Crayon.) These arc the two 
 grandmothers of the present owner, Miss Warde. 
 
 The Misses Lee. Francis Downman, Lieutenant- 
 Colonel, Royal Artillery, brother of the artist. 
 (Signed and dated 1799.) Isabella and Charles 
 Downman, son and daughter of the artist. (Oil 
 painting.) Anne Phoebe Downman, aged 15, 
 
 niece of the artist, 1791. (Crayon.) The same, 
 aged 27. (Crayon.) Signed and dated 1803. The 
 same, wife of Richard Dcbary. (Crayon.) Richard 
 Debary, husband of the above. (Crayon.) Signed 
 and dated 1810. Isabella Hunter, first cousin of 
 the artist on the mother's side. (Crayon.) Copied 
 from the oil-painting by Angelica Kauffman. now 
 in the possession of Charles Downman. Signed 
 and dated 1781. 
 
 The late Capt. G. Downman. Francis Downman, 
 Lieutenant-Colonel, R.A. Oil-painting. Unsigned. 
 Colonel James, R.A., uncle-in-law of the above. 
 Oil-painting. Unsigned. 
 
 Probably belonged to Mrs. Dickenson (the late) n^e 
 Bradley. Three heads in profile of Emilia, Anne 
 Phtebe, and Jane, daughters of Francis Down- 
 man, Lieut. -Col., R.A., silhouetted one behind 
 another. (Crayon.) 
 
 Charles Downman, Esq. They were sent to his grand- 
 father. Sir Thomas Downman, by a Downman 
 who was the owner of a large slate quarry in 
 Wales (Samuel Downman (?). Charles Down- 
 man, Esq., of Bully Hill, Rochester, uncle of the 
 artist, 1775. (Original sketch. Crayon.) Mrs. 
 Hunter, 1777, aunt of the artist on the mother's 
 side. (Original sketch.) The same, 1776. (Original 
 
 Ixil.
 
 List of Portraits 
 
 LIST OF A FEW PORTRAITS BY JOHN DOWNMAN^cona«H<-(/. 
 
 sketch). Mrs. Downman, wife of Francis Down- 
 man, of St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, mother of 
 the artist, 1777. Miss Isabella Hunter, tlaughter 
 of the above Mrs. Hunter, first cousin to the 
 artist, 1776. (Original sketch.) 
 
 Mrs. Richards. Portraits of John Richards, Maria 
 Downman, his wife (one of the Devonshire 
 Downmans), and their children. In all, ten heads. 
 
 (The late) Miss F. M. Dudlov/, daughter of John 
 Dudlow, the infant in the following picture. Mrs. 
 Dudlow, of Town Mailing, Kent, with her son 
 John as an infant. (Crayon.) Three crayon 
 portraits. Francis Douce, brother to William 
 Henry. 
 
 Miss Warde. Charlotte, youngest daughter of Francis 
 Downman, brother of the artist, as a child. 
 (Crayon.) Jane (Mrs. Douce), third daughter of 
 Francis Downman, brothcrof the artist. (Crayon.) 
 Signed and dated 1804. Her husband was William 
 Henry Douce. 
 
 Mrs. George Stow, grand-daughter of the following. 
 Charlotte, youngest daughter of Francis Down- 
 man, brother of the artist. (Crayon.) 
 
 Edward Scudamore, Esq. Four oil-paintings. 
 
 Major John Downman. Charles Downman, Esq., of 
 Bully Hill, Rochester, 1775. (Original sketch.) 
 "He was the eldest son of Hugh Downman, 
 Master of the House of Ordnance, at Sheerness, 
 at whose death his many friends made be engraved 
 on his tomb these words: — 
 
 ' Here lies honest Hugh Downman.' 
 
 N.B. — For this list of family portraits 
 
 And his son, whose portrait you now sec, inherited 
 his virtues, and was indeed truly amiable and 
 good. And I, J. Downman, his youngest nephew, 
 am happy to record it on this my drawing." 
 
 Mrs. Hunter, 1777. (Original sketch.) "Myincom- 
 parable and delightful aunt, and whose great 
 accomplishments were only equalled by her 
 virtues. She was wife to John Hunter, Esq., 
 the owner of little England, in Virginia, which he 
 left before the war and refused that government. 
 She was Emilia, the second daughter of Francis 
 Goodsend, Private Secretary to George the First, 
 and came with him to England. 
 
 J. Downman." 
 Mrs. Downman, 1777. (Original sketch.) "Shewas 
 Charlotte, the eldest of the two daughters of 
 Francis Goodsend, who had no son, and wife to 
 Francis Downman, an eminent Attorneyat-Law, 
 of St. Neots, Huntingdonshire. 
 
 ' My excellent mothei-, so truly kind 
 And highly in all earthly good refined. 
 But once in life she chastisement gave 
 And then she did relent my tears to save. 
 Oh ! memory sweet that sweets the passing sigh 
 In a soft tear of perfect sympathy.' 
 
 J. D. 1819. " 
 
 Mrs. Hunter, 1776. (Original sketch.) "Wife of 
 John Hunter, Esq. " 
 
 Miss Isabella Hunter, 1776. (Original sketch.) 
 " Only remaining child of John Hunter, Esq., 
 and my dear beloved cousin." 
 
 ;'« are indebted to Miss Catherine Lee. 
 
 PORTRAITS EXHIBITED BY JOHN DOWNMAN, A.R.A. 
 
 AT THE ROYAL 
 
 DOWNMAN, John, A.R.A., South Slrctt, Berkeley 
 Square. 
 75 A portrait of a lady at work; Kit-cat. 
 73 A portrait of a gentleman ; three-quarters. 
 324 A portrait of a lady ; three-quarters. 
 79 The death of Lucretia, when Brutus 
 swears eternal enmity to Tarquin and 
 his race. 
 337 Two small portraits ; in oil. 
 
 Cambridge. 
 99 Portrait of a lady and her daughter ; half- 
 length. 
 
 100 Portrait of a lady ; small. 
 
 101 do. young lady ; small. 
 
 102 do. nobleman ; do. 
 
 103 do. do. do. 
 
 1770. 
 1772. 
 
 1773. 
 
 1777. 
 
 ACADEMY. 
 
 104 Five portraits of gentlemen. (One is West 
 
 the Painter. — Walpole.) 
 420 A madona. 
 
 Bedford Street, Covent Garden. 
 
 1778. 90 The priestess of Bacchus. 
 
 91 Tobias driveth away the evil spirit. 
 
 92 Six portraits. 
 
 93 do. 
 
 1779. 72 Si.x small portraits. 
 73 A lady surprised to have found her name 
 
 written on a tree. 
 1779. 74 Duke Robert. Vide reign of King Henry 
 the 1st. 
 
 75 Fair Rosamond. Vide reign of King Henry 
 the 2nd. 
 
 76 A conversation ; a sketch.
 
 John Downman 
 
 PORTRAITS EXHIBITED BY JOHN DOWNMAN, A.R.A., AT THE ROYAL ACADEMW-cotittnited. 
 
 1780. 
 
 1781. 
 
 1782. 
 
 1783. 
 
 1785. 
 
 1786. 
 1787. 
 
 1787. 
 
 1788. 
 
 Ixiv. 
 
 369 
 
 do. 
 
 387 
 
 do. 
 
 388 
 
 do. 
 
 430 
 
 do. 
 
 431 
 
 do. 
 
 77 Four portraits ; sketches. 
 
 78 To the memory of GarricU ; a sketch. 
 
 79, St. James's Street. 
 23 Portraits of two boys. 
 153 Four portraits. 
 160 Portraits of a family. 
 482 Sketches from life. 
 487 do. do. 
 
 264 A family. 
 
 340 Portrait of a lady. 
 
 341 do. do. 
 
 455 Six coloured sketches ; portraits. 
 
 119 The return of Orestes. Vidt Electra of 
 
 Sophocles. 
 132 The ghost of Clytemnestra awaking the 
 
 furies. Vide the Furies of /Eschylus. 
 368 Portrait of an officer. 
 
 a lady. 
 
 an officer. 
 
 a lady. 
 
 a child. 
 
 a young lady. 
 
 421 Historical sketch to the memory of Lord 
 
 Robert Manners. 
 
 422 Portrait of a lady. 
 438 do. do. 
 
 440 Frame with six portraits. 
 
 444 Portrait of a lady. 
 
 447 do. gentleman. {Valentine Green.) 
 
 450 Portraits of two ladies ; whole-length. 
 
 456 Six portraits. {One Lady Eiiston. — Wal- 
 
 pole.) 
 
 463 An angel asleep : a girl on her pillow. 
 
 467 A head of Cinci, who was innocently 
 burnt alive. 
 
 628 Portrait of a lady and her son. 
 Leicester Fields. 
 
 335 Head of a Bacchante. 
 
 206 The Philosopher Square, when hid behind 
 the blanket in Molly Seagrim's garret, is 
 discovered by Tom Jones. (Vide Book 
 V, chap. V.) 
 
 227 The interview of Tom Jones and Sophia 
 after the reconciliation. (Vide Book 
 XVIIl., chap. 12.) 
 
 453 Frame with six portraits ; in water. 
 
 505 Miss Farren and Mr. King (vide "The 
 Heiress"); in water. 
 
 509 Portraits of the Princess Royal and Prin- 
 cess Augusta ; in water. 
 
 585 Twin brothers ; in water. 
 
 597 Portrait ; in water. 
 
 195 Portrait of a gentleman. 
 
 451 Portraits of four ladies of quality. (Duchess 
 
 of Devonshire, Duchess nf Richmond, Lady 
 Duncannon, etc.) 
 
 452 Lingo and Cowslips. Vide "Agreeable 
 Surprize." (Edwin and Mrs. Wells.) 
 
 463 Portraits of two celebrated actresses (Mrs. 
 Siddons and Miss Farren). 
 
 590 Portrait of a young lady. 
 
 1789. 81 Edwin and Emma. Vide Mallet's Poems. 
 
 435 Portrait of a gentleman. 
 
 436 do. lady. 
 
 443 do. lady of quality. 
 
 449 Portraits of four children. (Pelham's.) 
 
 450 Portrait of a gentleman. 
 
 525 do. nobleman ; oval. 
 
 534 Six portraits of ladies of quality, and 
 others. (Mrs, Broadhcad, etc.) 
 
 1790. 249 Lord William Russell (who suffered inno- 
 
 cently) in Newgate, with his wife. Lady 
 
 Rachel, and children ; the day prior to 
 
 his being beheaded. 
 488 Portrait of a lady. 
 490 do do. and her nephew. 
 
 528 Port.ait of a lady. 
 622 Six portraits of ladies of quality, and 
 
 others. 
 
 1791. 237 "Merry Wives of Windsor," act iii., 
 
 scene 3. 
 
 388 Portrait of a young gentleman. 
 
 461 Ten small portraits of persons of dis- 
 tinction. 
 
 493 Portrait of a lady of quality. 
 
 1792. 400 Susanna, from the old ballad. 
 
 414 Eight portraits of noblemen, ladies, etc. 
 
 (A/r. Bland.) 
 416 Portraits of three children. 
 685 Portraits of a lady of quality, with her 
 
 daughter, and a young lady with her 
 
 brother. 
 
 1793. 230 A nymph reposing after bathing. 
 
 511 Three ladies of quality and nine others. 
 
 512 Three small portraits of ladies. 
 
 1794. 360 Twelve portraits. 
 
 372 Bacchus and Ariadne. 
 
 373 Portrait of a lady. ' 
 
 1795. 334 Six portraits. 
 368 Love and Peace. 
 
 572 Portraits of three children. (Elected 
 A.R.A.) 
 
 Fitzroy Street. 
 
 1796. 127 And the Angel of the Lord said unto 
 
 Hagar, " Behold, thou art with child." 
 382 Twelve portraits. 
 
 1797. 261 Celadon and his Amelia, from Thomson's 
 
 " Seasons." 
 312 Edward IV. on a visit to the Duchess of 
 Bedford, is enamoured of Lady Elizabeth 
 Gray. Vide Hume's " History of Eng- 
 land."
 
 List of Portraits 
 
 PORTRAITS EXHIBITED BY JOHN DOWNMAN, 
 
 445 A tablet of twelve portraits. (Canon 
 Jackson of Exeter.) 
 
 1798. 306 Thwackum's Battle. Tom Jones, B. 5, 
 
 C. 11. 
 308 Rule Britannia — a trophy with medallions 
 
 of Earl Howe, Earl St. Vincent, Lord 
 
 Duncan and other distinguished naval 
 
 heroes. 
 313 The Partridge family. "Da mihi aliquid 
 
 potem,"— Tom Jones, B. 2, C. 3. 
 405 Portraits of Mrs. and Miss Burrow and 
 
 two others. 
 512 Portraits of Mrs. Soane, senr., Master 
 
 Soane, Miss Hiclis, and two Miss 
 
 Russells. 
 669 Portrait of Mrs. Sinclair. 
 
 1799. 390 Portraits of Mr. R. Twopenny, Mrs. Fox- 
 
 hall and son, Mr. Houlston of the 1st 
 Wiltshire, Miss Charlotte, Lady Mul- 
 grave, Mrs. Diidlow and son. 
 
 1800. 376 Portraitsof Miss Lushington, Miss Augusta 
 
 Lushington, Mr. Kcble, Mrs. Mountford, 
 Master Smith and Master Mitford. 
 
 1801. 7 Sancho Panca in his government of 
 
 Barataria. 
 27 Don Quixotte recommends Rosinante to 
 the care of my Governor of the Castle, 
 as " the finest creature in the world." 
 
 1801. 632 Portraits of the Hon. Miss Caroline 
 
 Courtenay, Mr. Sharp, Lady Ward, 
 Master Tolson, Thomas Daniell, Esq., 
 and William Daniell his nephew. 
 
 1802. 172 Fancy, from the Land of the Muses. 
 173 Fingal in his youth conquers the lover of 
 
 Utha. 
 
 361 Portraits of children whispering, 
 
 362 Portrait of a lady. 
 487 Six Portraits. 
 
 lie New Bond Street. 
 
 1803. 133 A girl feeding rabbits. 
 3.S2 Portrait of a gentleman. 
 424 Portraits of two ladies and a gentleman. 
 430 Portraits of two ladies and a naval officer. 
 
 41 JerniYH Street. 
 
 1804. 448 Portraits of Mrs. Smitli, Mrs. Wolff, Miss 
 
 Dalaval, Miss Perfect, Hon. Capt. Legge, 
 and Rev. Mr. Hill. 
 Town Mailing, Kent, am! 188, Pitcatiilly. 
 
 1805. 460 The Sybarite, from the narrative poem by 
 
 J. Disraeli. " With morn's first beam," 
 
 etc. 
 540 Portrait of a lady. 
 571 Portraits of Rev. Mr. Whiteloek, Miss 
 
 Holmes, Capt. Downman of the Horse 
 
 Artillery and Mrs. Downman. 
 
 The above list, with notes, is given by k 
 
 A.R.A., AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY— continued. 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 1806. 422 Captain Elphinstone. 
 423 Portrait of a lady. 
 
 426 do. do. 
 
 427 General England. 
 440 Portrait of a lady. 
 466 Lady Boringdon. 
 
 488 Mrs. Trevannion and Miss Bettesworth. 
 Exeter, and 20 John Street, Adelphi. 
 
 1807. 482 Portraits of a lady and her nine children — 
 
 the wife of J. Larking, Esq., of Clare 
 Lodge, Kent. 
 
 1808. 41 Salvator Mundi. 
 
 373 Miss Randalls, represented as the infant 
 St. Cecilia. 
 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. 
 
 1809. 19 The grape house. " Five nymphs the 
 
 mansion of Eudoxus bred, who every 
 sense possessed ; by virtue led. Engag'd 
 in elegant and useful arts; But most 
 their grape-house produce won all 
 hearts." 
 
 1809. 324 Portraits of a naval Commander and a 
 
 lady of quality. 
 
 1810. 439 A girl with an ague. " If you want a thing 
 
 to plague you, you had better have the 
 ague." 
 
 446 Portraits of Lady Nugent, Mrs. Hay, Mrs. 
 Davies, Lord Boringdon, Lord Barham, 
 and General Sir G. Nugent. 
 
 452 Cupid's venture on the Wave. "A sight 
 so fair was now first seen. Two lovely 
 swans — a god between ; . . .To Rosa 
 came, with matchless beauty blest, and 
 sunk reclining on her snowy breast." 
 
 1811. 278 Portraits of the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, 
 
 Miss Dudlow, The Poetry Professor of 
 Oxford, Mrs. Bowles, D. Clutterbuck, 
 Esq., and Mrs. Rowan. 
 
 41 Leicester Square. 
 
 1812. 481 Lady Smith. 
 
 1816. 404 Mrs. Warren Lamb. 
 409 Earl Percy. 
 
 411 Portrait of the Bishop of St. David's. 
 
 {Thomas Burgess.) 
 
 412 The Earl of Darlington. 
 
 485 R. Southey, Esq., Poet Laureate. 
 Chester, and 16 Henrietta Street, W.C. 
 
 1817. 582 Portrait of a gentleman. 
 
 England. 
 
 1818. 457 T. Harrison, Esq., architect, Chester. 
 
 Chester. 
 
 1819. 622 A late Princess personifying Peace 
 
 crowning the Glory of England reflected 
 on Europe, 1815. " Hail, lovely Peace I 
 in glory spread thy arms," etc. 
 
 ind permission of Mr. Algernon Graves. 
 
 Ixv.
 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Preface ------'--- v. — vi. 
 
 List of Illustrations ,,,,,.,, Ixvi. 
 
 Chapter I. Early Days --,--,- vii. — xxiii. 
 
 ,, II. In a Kentish Village ------ xxiv. — xxix. 
 
 „ III. The West of England ------ xxx. — xxxiii. 
 
 „ IV. The Last Days ------- xxxiv. — xl. 
 
 „ V. The Art of Downman ------ xli. — xlv. 
 
 „ VI. On the Value of Works by Downman - - - xlvi. — xlviii. 
 
 Pedigree of the Downman Family ------ xlix. 
 
 Complete List of Portraits in the Sketch Books from Butleigh Court, 
 
 Series L, II., IIL, and IV. li.— Ixi, 
 
 Sketches in one of the Sketch Books of the First Series - - - Ixi. — Ixii. 
 
 List of a Few Portraits by Downman in Private Collections - - - Ixii. — Ixiii. 
 
 Portraits Exhibited by John Downman, A.R.A., at the Royal Academy - Ixiii. — Ixv. 
 
 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Princess Royal, daughter of George III. Signed and dated 1782. Hodgkiiis 
 Collection .......-.- 
 
 Queen Charlotte. Signed and dated 1782. HoJghins Collection 
 
 Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot. Signed and dated 1779. Hoiigkins Collection - - - ,, 
 
 Miss Mills. Signed and dated. Hodgkins Collection - - - - - ., 
 
 Hon. Mrs. Harcourt. Signed and dated 1779. Hodgkiiis Collection - • • „ 
 
 Earl Temple and family. Signed and dated 1782. Hodgkins Collection - - „ 
 
 Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Signed. Hodgkins Collection - - - „ 
 
 Mrs. Trcvanion. Signed and dated. Hodgkins Collection - - • - „ 
 
 Richard Brinslcy Sheridan (a miniature) ....... 
 
 Miss Mary CruiUshank. Signed and dated 1781. Hodgkins Collection - - - - 
 
 A Lieutenant in the Staffordshire Militia, in oil on copper. Bemrose Collection 
 
 Mr. Beaumont, in oil on copper, liemrose Collection ...... 
 
 Mary, Countess of Erne, eldest daughter of Francis, Earl of Bristol, with her daughter 
 
 Caroline, afterwards Lady Wharncliffc. Collection of Miss Hervey . - - - 
 
 Elizabeth, Lady Templetown. Collection of Miss Hervey . . . . . 
 
 Hon. Peter Robert Burrell. Signed and dated 1784. Hodgkins Collection. 
 
 Three younger children of the Larkin's (or Larking) Family of Clare Hall, West Mailing, 
 Kent. Camilla, Caroline and John, with their dog. Drawing in sepia over charcoal 
 with red chalk on the faces. British Museum ...... 
 
 John Downman. By himself. Wash drawing on paper. Collection of the Authiir. 
 
 Three children of the Larkin's (or Larking) family, of Clare Hall, West Mailing, Kent. 
 Lambert, Emily and Fanny. Drawing in sepia over charcoal, with red chalk on the 
 faces. British Museum ......... 
 
 Dr. Downman, physician and author at Exeter, Devonshire, by J.D., 1796. British Museum 
 
 Frontispiece. 
 To face page viii. 
 „ xii. 
 
 Page 
 
 XVI. 
 XX. 
 
 xxiv. 
 
 xxxii. 
 xl. 
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 bcvi.
 
 List of Illustrations 
 
 Collection of Mr 
 
 Engraved by Eugene Tily 
 
 " Her mental and personal attractions 
 
 British Museum ■ ■ - - 
 
 from America. Mrs. 
 
 Mrs. Downman, his Lady. She was first cousin to Lord Courtcnay. British Museum 
 
 One of the three children of Edmond Plcydcll Milbournc, Esq., Dorsetshire. In a group 
 
 1790. Mrs. Mailland's Collection. 
 
 Mrs. Siddons. From a print after Domnman by P. W. Tomkins 
 Lady Dclaval, of Seaton Dclaval. Oil portrait. Signed and dated 1792. 
 
 A. A. de Pass. 
 
 Hon. Robert Grosvenor. Signed and dated 1789. Hodgkins Collection 
 Benjamin Way, Esq., 1779. Hodgkins Collection. 
 
 Sir John Stepney. Signed and dated, 1780. Hodgkins Collection ■ 
 Miss Mills. Signed and dated, 1780. Hodgkins Collection. 
 
 John Boyd, Esq., M.P. Signed and dated, 1783. Hodgkins Collection 
 Miss Abbott. British Museum ...... 
 
 Mrs. Mary Robinson, as Perdita. From an original study 
 Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and Lady Elizabeth Foster 
 
 after John Downman, from the Original at Ickworth 
 Admrial Gell. Signed and dated, 1784. Hodgkins Collection. 
 
 Mrs. Downman. By permission of Messrs. T. Agnew & Sons 
 Miss Way. " Very pretty, but empty-headed." — J. D. 
 
 William Jackson, Esq. Signed and dated 1795. Hodgkins Collection 
 Portrait of a Lady. British Museum . - . . . 
 
 Miss Bulteel, from Devon, 1781. Original study. 
 
 made numberless suitors. I drew four of this." 
 The Lady of Lieut. Clark, R.N., 1780. Mrs. Maitland's Collection. 
 
 Mrs. Wright, 1777. The famous w^w-woman and republican 
 
 Maitland's Collection ......... 
 
 Mr. Raid, from Dublin, 1801. For his son Ralph Reid, Esq. Mrs. Maitland's Collection. 
 
 Mr. Dyne, 1779. Vicar-Choral of St. Paul's. Mrs. Maitland's Collection 
 Mrs. Bulteel, 1796. Lady of Jas. Bulteel, jun., Esq., of Lunham House, Devon. Mrs. 
 
 Maitland's Collection .......... 
 
 The Duchess of Devonshire. From the Print by Collyer ------ 
 
 Masters Benjamin and Lewis Way, 1779. Mrs. Maitland's Collection . . . . 
 
 Miss Hill, 1796. Mrs. Maitland's Collection. 
 
 Master Henry Wesley, 1796. Brother to Lord Mornington. Mrs. Maitland's Collection - 
 Mrs. Hardinge, 1789. A half-length. Mrs. Maitland's Collection. 
 
 Mrs. Abbott, 1794. Mrs. Maitland's Collection ...... 
 
 Miss Nutt. Signed and dated 1789. Hodgkins Collection . . . . . 
 
 Portraits of John Edwin, comedian, and Mrs. Mary Wells, actress. Nicknamed "Cowslip" 
 
 in the play of " An Agreeable Surprise." Hodgkins Collection . . . . 
 
 The two children of Sir George Cornwall, 1790, in a group with a shell. The girl afterwards 
 
 Mrs. Charles Frankland Lewis. Mrs. Maitland's Collection . . . . 
 
 Master William Way and sister, 1779. Mrs. Maitland's Collection . . . - 
 
 The son and daughter of Kean Osborne, Esq,, 1783. Sent to Jamaica to him. A group. 
 
 Whole-lengths. Honora, married 1st Capt. Noodgate, R.N., 2nd Capt. Har\'ey. Alicia, 
 
 married P. Paunceforte Duncombe. Daughters of 7th Earl Cavan, in a group, 1788. 
 
 Mrs. Maitland's Collection ......... 
 
 Sarah Kemble (Mrs. Siddons). "The Tragic Muse." From the Print after Downman, by 
 
 P. W. Tomkins ......-.-- 
 
 Sophia R., unmarried. Daughter of 7th Earl Cavan, in a group, 1788. Mrs. Maitland's 
 
 Collection. 
 The daughter of Bramley Cooper, from Norfolk, 1786. Mrs. Maitland's Collection 
 Miss Harris, the Banker's daughter, of Plymouth, 1796. Niece to Mr. Bulteel, of Lynham 
 
 House (Mrs. Fitzroy). Mrs. Maitland's Collection ..... 
 
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 Miss Danby, 1779. Hodgkiiis Collection ...... 
 
 The Hon. Mrs. Petre, 1793. A half-length. Mrs. Maitland's Colkction 
 
 Mrs. Townley and child, 1804. Mrs. Maitland's Collection .... 
 
 Mrs. Larking, of Clare House, East Mailing, Kent. Mrs. Maitland's Colkction 
 
 Mrs. Thompson, a group with her child, 1802. Mrs. Maitland's Collection 
 
 Miss Farren. Engraved by Mr. Collyer from a drawing made by Mr. Downman for the Scenery 
 
 at Richmond House ------•---„ 47 
 
 Two of the three children of Edmond Pleydell Milbourn, Esq., Dorsetshire, in a group, 1790. 
 Mrs. Maitland's Collection. 
 
 Lord Kilcoursy, 1785. Mrs. Maitland's Colkction ..... - „ 49 
 
 Master Bulteel, 1796. For the group. Mrs. Maitland's Collection. 
 
 Miss Bulteel, 1796. In a group with her brother. Mrs. Maitland's Collection - • „ 50 
 
 J. Downman Limner, 1813. Mrs. Maitland's Collection. 
 
 Horatio Nelson, 1802. Admiral Lord Nelson of the Nile. Mrs. Maitland's Colkction • „ 51 
 
 Miss Delaval, 1803. Mrs. Maitland's Colkction -------„ 52 
 
 Lady Elizabeth Lambart, 1788. As "Unal" in Spencer's " Fairy Queen." Sister to Lord 
 
 Cavan. Mrs. Maitland's Collection -.------„ 53 
 
 Master Lambert Larking. Mrs. Maitland's Colkction. 
 
 Miss Lucy Downman, 1812. Daughter of Col. Thos. Downman, R.A. Mrs. Maitland's 
 
 Colkction ..-...--.--,,54 
 Henry Witham, Esq. Mrs. Maitland's Colkction. 
 
 Danl. Gaskill, Esq., 1815. Mrs. Maitland's Colkction ■ ■ ■ - - ,, 55 
 
 Lady Gordon, seated before a Spinet. Signed and dated 1786. Hodgkins Colkction - „ 56 
 
 Lady Duncannon. From an Engraving after Downman by F. Bartolozzi, R.A. ■ - „ 57 
 
 Study of a hand. 
 
 Isabella Chloe Downman, when a child, by J. D. Boy with dog. British Museum - 59 
 
 Mrs. Wells. 
 
 Mother. Eliz. Downman. 
 
 Our favourite puss " Tibby," at Mailing. 
 
 Son of Downman's. By J. D. British Museum - ■ - - - - „ 60 
 
 Sketch of a dove. 
 
 The head of a favourite spaniel, at Mailing. 
 
 Skcteh of a robin. 
 
 Toad, from our pond. West Mailing. 
 
 Study from my own feet. J. D. British Museum • • - - • • „ 61 
 
 Arms of the Downman family. 
 
 Sketch for Lady Henry Osborne and child. 
 
 The Old Woman and her Cats. 
 
 Sketch of part of Mrs. Larkin's family, of Clare Hall, near West Mailing, Kent. British 
 Museum ........... 62 
 
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 British Postal Orders and Stamps much prelei red 
 
 ERDMANN & SCHANZ 
 
 iE«lablishril tll7(i). 
 KlcHi-l Terrace, 109 8. Kedford Hill. 
 
 HlKh Road, Balham, LONDON. S.W. 
 
 Sti',11' tlnnm lliiur.t : 10 till 5. Siiliirdnijs : 10 till 12. 
 
 Established nearly a Cen'.ury. 
 
 Depot of Untiquities 
 
 and Tine j1rt$. 
 
 Wm. KAYE, 
 
 jflrtistic 3cu)ellcr, 
 19, Scot Lane, Doncaster. 
 
 One of the Largest StocKs in the North 
 of 
 
 Genuine Antique jewellery, 
 
 fob Seals, miniatures, Watches, 
 
 Ivories, Prints, etc., etc. 
 
 Orrcr Wanted lor a few OKI Oil PaiiKings. 
 
 COLLECTOR OF CURIOS 
 
 from all parts of the World.
 
 T, B. 8c ID. Cockayne omiiet), 
 
 Designers & IKanufacturers of Artistic furniture. 
 
 
 I. D. dC U/. COCKSynC LimltGO beg to draw attention to some of their latest Specialities, by means of which the 
 
 cost ot an Oak liuenor as shown in the above Design is reduced to a \'ery low fignrc. 
 
 Oak Panelling fixed and polished complete, from I 6 per foot. 
 Parquelry I-loorinjr laid and polished from 1 ,? per foot. 
 Half limber Friezes and Ceilings at an equally cheap rate. 
 
 nrcl}itecttiral IDoobtPork. 
 
 Estimates submitted for Public Buildings, Churches, 
 Banks and Office Fittings, Dadoes, Doors, Mantel- 
 pieces, and fur carr\-ing out . . . 
 
 ARCHITECTS' OWN DESKiNS. 
 
 Furnishing anb Decorating fl]e Home. 
 
 They will be pleased to send competent representatives 
 to tiUie instructions, measurements and details, and to 
 submit designs and complete schemes for entire Fur- 
 nishing, Decorating, Lighting and Heating of Private 
 Residences. 
 
 Suggestions and Quotations given for all kinds of Fitted Rooms, Chimneypieces. 
 Ingle Nooks, Cosy Corners, Decorations, Removals, Storage. 
 
 T. B, 8c W. Cockayne ctb., nngei street, Sbeffiell). 
 
 Telegrams: "COCKAYNE. SHEFFIELD.' 
 
 Telephones: 212, 230 or 2896
 
 " 'riie Coi/iioisscnr" Ilxtra Number, No. 2 
 
 IMPORTANT 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENT 
 
 An Exhibition of Orio-inal Portraits 
 by JOHN DOWNMAN, A.R.A., 
 will be held \\\ the Gra\'es Galleries, 
 Pall Mall, London, early \w October. 
 
 It is intended to make this Important Exhibition the most 
 representative of the Artist's works e\er held m London. 
 
 With this end in \ iew, owners of pictures bv John 
 Downman are requested to communicate with Messrs. 
 
 GRAVES & Co., 6, PALL MALL, LONDON, S.\\\ 
 
 IX.
 
 " The Connoisseur" Extra Number, Xo. 2 
 
 This system of Dealing with Plates 
 is conducive to making Premiums 
 
 MISS MACDONALD 
 
 Mezzotint by E. L. Haynes, 
 
 after 
 Sir Thos. Lawrence, P.R.A. 
 
 The above is produced from half of 
 the destroyed plate 
 
 •'1814' 
 
 Engraved by Eugene Tily, 
 
 after 
 
 J. L. E. Meissonier 
 
 The above is produced from half of 
 the destroyed plate 
 
 LADY LYNDHURST 
 
 Mezzotint by E. L. Haynes, 
 
 after 
 Sir Thos, La^v^ence, P.R.A. 
 
 The above is produced from half of 
 the destroyed plate 
 
 MRS. ROBINSON 
 as PERDITA 
 
 Mezzotint by Gerald Robinson 
 
 after 
 
 Thomas Gainsborough 
 
 (Wallace Collection) 
 
 The above is produced from half of 
 the destroyed plate 
 
 The STAFFORD CHILDREN 
 
 Mezzotint by 
 
 Thomas G, Appleton, 
 
 after 
 
 George Romney 
 
 The above is produced from half of 
 the destroyed plate 
 
 LADY HAMILTON 
 
 as a BACCHANTE 
 
 Mezzotint by 
 
 Thos. G, Appleton 
 
 after George Romney 
 
 The above is produced fron-i half of 
 the destroyed plate 
 
 AH Publications of this House can 
 be bought on the Instalment system
 
 " The Connoisseur" Extra Number, No. 2 
 HENRY GRAVES 6 Co., Ltd., 6, Pall Mall, London. S.W. 
 
 This is a 
 
 general 
 
 favourite 
 
 and is 
 
 beautifully 
 
 engraved. 
 
 Don't delay 
 sending your 
 order by first 
 mail. You 
 Won't be 
 disappointed 
 With your 
 purchase. 
 
 Size of worl;, 18 by 2.SJ inches. 
 
 "SECRETS" 
 
 From the original Painting by Frank. O. S.alisbury. Engraved in pure Mezzotint by VV. A. Cox. 
 Strictly limited to 150 Artist's Proofs at £5 5 
 
 - CONNOISSEUR ^^ ORDER FORM ON THE INSTALMENT SYSTEM. 
 
 Messrs. HENRY GRAVES & CO., Ltd.. 6, Pall Mall, S.W. 
 
 I hereby agree to purchase Artist Proof of the mezzotint by W. A. Cox 
 
 after the painting by Frank O. Salisbury entitled " Si-:cri:ts," at £5 5s. Od., and 
 herein enclose my cheque for 10 - to secure same. 
 
 I also covenant to pay the balance of £4 15s. Od. upon t/te delivery of the 
 proof, by payment of 10,- per month from date of delrvery. 
 
 Na 
 
 me 
 
 A ddress 
 
 Date
 
 " The Connoissetir" Extra Number, No. 2 
 HENRY GRAVES <S Co., Ltd., 6, Pall Mall, London, S.W. 
 
 First time 
 Engraved. 
 
 Issued in 
 priority of 
 application. 
 
 Size ot \\ Di'li, 1 o ', b\' 19 inchc 
 
 "Lady Scott of Danesfield 
 
 ^9 
 
 Engraved in pure Mezzotint by WILL HENDERSON after the painting by 
 
 Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. 
 
 Artist Proofs limited to 250 at £5 5 0. 
 
 - CONNOISSEUR '' ORDER FORM ON THE INSTALMENT SYSTEM. 
 
 Messrs. HENRY GRAVES & CO., Ltd., 6, Pall Mall. S.W. 
 
 / hereby agree to f^urcliase Aiiisl Proof of 
 
 " I.ADV Scott oi" 1).\m:si-ii:i.i)." 
 Mezzotint l)y Will llcnclersoii after Sir Josliiui Rcyiioli/s, l\I\.. I., <iiul herein enclose 
 my clu'cjtie for 10'- to secure tlie sanie. 
 
 I also covenant to pay the Ihilance of £-1 lo.s-. ()</. ii/wn delivery of the Proof 
 by payments of 10/- per month until completed. 
 
 Na 
 
 vie 
 
 A d dress 
 
 XII.
 
 " lyie Coiinoissciir" li.xfin Nimibcr, No. 2 
 
 Ce E. 
 
 CLIFFORD 6 Co., 
 
 Fine Art Publishers, 
 
 IRobinson anb Co., 
 
 late ot ©l•for^ Street, 
 'lon^on. 
 
 "Bi-ts ant> drafts," 
 
 Mbariicliff ;(6llil^inas, 
 :(6oscoinbc. 
 
 SPECIALISTS 
 
 in evervUbino 
 renuu•e^ for 
 tbe ^ecol•attoIl 
 an^ fittmo up 
 nn^ fiu-nii'hino 
 of a HOUSE 
 
 antique an^ nl^o^el•n jfurni!?binot-. 
 ©l^ Bras? a Speciality. 
 
 21, HAYMARKET, 
 LONDON, W. 
 
 THIS beautiful Pidure, " Mv Lady," 
 after G. Romney, has been mo^ 
 faithfully reproduced in colour. Size of 
 adlual work, 24^ ins. by 18f ins. 
 
 The first 200 Artist's Proofs, slamped 
 by the Association and signed by 
 E. Milner - J^6 6 each. 
 
 A limited number of Prints in Colour, 
 not damped - i^3 3 each. 
 
 India Prints- - - SA I each. 
 
 Readers of " The Connoisseur" desirous 
 of obtaining first impressions should 
 write Messrs. Clifford at once. 
 
 •' Rodney" Jug. 
 
 (Sec "Cori.'iOisSKUR," Vol. VIII., page 101. 
 
 THIS JUG, in perfect condition, 
 FOR SALE. 
 
 Also a Large and Splendid Collection of 
 OLD IRISH CUT GLASS 
 
 . . . AT . . . 
 
 Wm. Egan g Sons, Ltd. 
 
 Antique Dealer5, 
 33, Patrick St., CORK.
 
 The Connoisseur " Extra Number, A^o. 2 
 
 J. ELLETT LAKE 6 SON, 
 
 
 Specir 
 
 nens ot Old English Porcelain. 
 
 
 II 
 
 
 •^, 
 
 .i, « 
 
 : 
 
 
 ■M" 
 
 
 
 1^ 
 
 p^i 
 
 ANTIQUE SILVER PLATE, JEWELS, 
 MINIATURES, ENAMELS. CHINA, WORKS 
 OF ART, OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE, Etc. 
 
 LARGE BUYERS OF ABOVE FOR CASH. 
 
 Derby. 
 
 Flichl. Biirr & Barr. Derl.y 
 
 Worcester. 
 
 Experts in Precious Stones. 
 
 Art Goldsmiths and Silversmiths. 
 
 VALUERS FOR PROBATE OR DIVISION. 
 
 ft?* t?* ^y* 
 
 TELEPHONE 320. ESTABLISHED 1833. 
 
 43, High Street, EXETER. 
 
 Fine old Sheraton Satinwood 
 Whatnot, Inlaid, in excellent, 
 untouched condition ; also Side 
 Table to match. 
 
 Set of 5 finely Carved, shaped 
 Hepplewhite Mahogany ..*^'^ 
 Chairs, Honeysuckle and Husk 
 ornaments, loose seats, in 
 original condition. Photo sent. 
 
 e.5* e.?-* e^ 
 
 Miss A.J.DAVIS 
 
 14, Winchester St. 
 = SALISBURY^ 
 
 T OLIVER & SONS upholsterers 
 
 1. ULIVHR ot JUl^J. g DECORATORS 
 
 1 6, strand. Torquay. ^^^^^ g ^^^^^^ 
 
 EstabUshed 1805 
 
 DANIEL EGAN, 
 
 26, LOWER ORMOND QUAY, DUBLIN. 
 
 FRAME MAKER & GILDER TO THE 
 NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND. 
 
 Modern and Antique Frames (or Pictures and Looking Glasses. Oil 
 Paintings cleaned, lined, and restored. Prints cleaned and bleached. A large 
 Collection of Old Furniture, Paintings. Coloured Prints, and Drawings. 
 
 a . 
 
 9 C 
 
 a .2 
 
 J2 a, 
 
 _ O 
 
 O w 
 
 a. 
 
 ANTIWORM 
 
 luis iiKiin iidvantn^os over 
 c\ci*\' othcf \\ (Kulworni 
 destroyer ; tioes not injure 
 the polisli, p.iiiit, or j;iUliiig ; does not stain the wood or 
 hands; does completely destroy the woodworm. Kaslly 
 applied. Found invaliiahle by hundreds. 
 
 Price 
 
 BATES, 
 
 2/6, post tree. 
 
 CAHIR. TIPP. 
 
 THE 
 
 'WESTBY' Scries of Seascape Photographs 
 
 (PERMANENT CARBON). 
 
 l-roni THE ART JOURNAL: " It wmiU) be 
 iHnicull In )>i.iisi- lou liit;lily llu- success with 
 wliiili tin- L'llfct of muviiin, liiMviiig water li.is 
 l.ffii rendered in llic Mip'-rli rompusition " AV// 
 oti, ihoii iffff and liar A- blue ihi-aii, rvU /' or ihe 
 l>i-.iuty of tlU' swecpii'K lii»-'S of llie wliite sea 
 liiirses, so transient, so momentary, yet thus 
 permanently rcrorded. . . . Mr. Worsk-y- 
 lleiiison's se.i ( i'iii|nisitiniis :irc iriuinplis of 
 
 .irlistic arr.iiiv;i- 
 
 til.' 
 
 l-rniii HERR AUG. SCHAEFFER. Painter 
 and Managing Director of thu Imperial Gallery, 
 Vienna; ■'I'.riiiii im- i l«-i my itiluiie of 
 
 1,1,: A .,ilMm..ti.ui f.-r your VMnk.' 
 
 THE ROYAL SOCIETY'S Ladlea' Conver- 
 sazione, from THE TIMES report: -"Mr. 
 
 W i..s|.-vH''iii'>'>ii's "-li--. "f se.iscipf photo. 
 v;iaphs.'.nl..i>.:ein.-iits in Cnl.-.n. «eri- iiMHni(i- 
 nMH e.\.iiiiplis III iihiili'i;r.tiiliic art." 
 
 I-rom THE STUDIO: "Mr. Worslcy- 
 Hi-niMin's recfiit addilioiis tn liis • Wcstliy " series 
 of pli..tt'K'''M''''' "■'*''tluly Mislain Ilie hinh rcpnta- 
 tiiiii In- enjiiys. Tlic mm in its evcr-cli.Tiiyiiijf 
 .ispi-ris lias never been more faitlifiilly or more 
 Inn ibly n-rorded," At. 
 
 MAGAZINE OF ART: " We are tflnd lo be 
 ■ It, .,ir iti- M- w-iii.lcrfiil records, and to 
 1,'r.itiil.ile Mr. W nf,ley -Dcnison on tile 
 
 ■ thlt 
 
 ■ifh flltl liyf nf hnjlx'tt •■nl'.tjH, 
 
 , Iniwiiffivfl for inHfumtion, 
 
 F. H. WORSLEY=BENISON, " MowbricK," CHEPSTOW, England. 
 
 .\iv.
 
 By Royal Warrants to 
 n.M. The King 
 
 and 
 n.M. The Queen. 
 
 " The Co/iiio/ssc/ir" Ilxtra Xiiiiihcy, No. 2 
 
 • J. C. VICKFRY • 
 
 179, 181, l«:i, 
 REOEM STREET, 
 EONDON, W. 
 
 IVIanufacturer of Gold & Silver Ware, Tortolseshell & Buhl Specialities, Eitted Dressing Cases, &c. 
 
 Viclicry's Best English made BUHL SMOKER'S TRAY, Htted with Cij;ar and Ci^jarettc Boxes lined 
 
 Cedar Wood, Mateh Box, SmoUer's Lamp, and Set of four Ashtrays, all in Buhl tO match Tray. 
 
 Lenjjth, exclusive of handles. 23J X IVj inches. 
 
 J. C. Vickery has a large selection of useful articles in Buhl on view— Writing Table Sets, 
 Jewel Boxes, Bridge Bones, Letter Trays, «c., «c. 
 
 'Bf5r Housf in London for Genuine Antiques. 
 
 COURTNEY DUCKETT. 108-9-10, Crawford St., Baker St., W. 
 
 Some Fine Specimens of Old Oak Furniture. Old Brass Work, etc. 
 
 N'otice to A)nerican T'fsitors : 
 
 Som- interesting samples of Old English China and Pottery at Bargain Prices. 
 
 Open from 9 am. to 9 pm 
 
 GENUINE ANTIQUES. U 
 
 Old Pastel Portr;iit of a 
 by Russell, size 24 by 18 
 ins.. £21. Two fine old Chelsea 
 Figures. Britannia and Minerva. 14 ins. high, £32 10. Old English Bracket 
 Clock. 8 days, by Josh. Stephens. London, I77b, £7 10. Fine Old Famille 
 Verle Kang Hi Cistern. 12 ins. high. £12 10. Pair Old Slipple Portraits. 
 Princess Sophia and Prircess Royal, after H, Ram berg, by Tomkins and 
 Ogborne, £5 5. Genuine Old Furniture, Silver. f*aintinvs. Engravings. 
 Enamels. China and Pottery. NO REPRODUCTIONS SOLD. 
 
 J. P. WAY, 
 
 — Antique — 
 Art Gallery. 
 
 Park Street, BRISTOL. 
 
 W.J.M^CoygSons.Ltd., 
 
 BELFAST. 
 
 Dealers in 
 
 Antiques, 
 
 Old Prints, 6c. 
 
 Genuine Examples 
 
 always on hand. 
 
 "^j^ One of a pair of exceptionally rare 
 Chippendale Hall Chairs, painted 
 Heraldic device— "A Demi-wolf, salient, 
 regardant, argent, vulned, goutt^ de 
 sang.'* Price on application. 
 
 UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE. 
 
 A fine 
 
 Old English 
 
 Chiming 
 
 BRACKET CLOCK. 
 
 by Ellicott, London, 
 
 of historical 
 
 interest, 
 
 in perfect order. 
 
 HENRY WELLS, 
 
 15 & 19. High Street, SHREWSBURY. 
 
 jS jB jS 
 
 Genuine 6 Rare Old China, Silver, 
 Prints, Furniture, WorRs of Art. 
 
 A few nice sets of Genuine Chippendale and Queen 
 Anne Chairs. Photos and particulars on application. 
 
 JS J& J0i 
 
 ENQUIRIES AND INSPECTION INVITED. 
 
 Telegrams : " H'ells. Shretcsbury." S'ational Telephone, 55. 
 
 XV.
 
 '' T/ic CoNi/oissCitr'' Exfj'a Nunibci', No. i 
 
 a GREST PHGEflNT OF 
 
 ENGLISH ttlSTORY 
 
 Under the patronage of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess 
 — of Wales, and many distinguished personages. — 
 
 Fashionable Society, Lovers of trie Picturesque, Historical Students, 
 Antiquaries, and others, are looking forward eagerly to the . . . 
 
 Pageant of Stirring & Eventful Incidents 
 
 associated with the History of the Ancient Town of 
 
 Bury St. Eonunos 
 
 WHICH WILL BE HELD IN 
 
 The GR0UND5 or the BEAUTIPUL ABBEY RUIiN5 
 Emm iJULY 8th to dULY 13th. 
 
 EACH daily !!^ representation will consist of eight Episodes — framed as a Folk Play — 
 depicting the Revolt of Boadicea ; the Martyrdom of King Edmund ; the Founding of 
 the Monastery ; Norman Monarchs at the Shnne ; the Barons swearing to force King 
 John to sign the Magna Charta ; the Arrest and Murder of Duke Humphrey ; Mary Tudor, 
 Duchess of Suffolk, at an Old English Fair ; and the Dissolution of the Monastery. 
 
 The Pageant will be produced under the direction of 
 — — = MK. LOUIS rs. P3KKER, — =— 
 
 riastcr of the successful Pageants at v'Shcrborne and Warwick 
 
 Choruses, Madrigals, an Orchestra of 100 performers. Dancers, Troupes of Horsemen and Horse- 
 women, 200 principal performers, and a crowd of over 1 ,000, in scenes copied from contemporary 
 records ; the whole forming a delightful spectacular, dramatic and musical entertainment. 
 
 The number of Tickets (10,000 of which have been sold) is strictly limited. 
 
 Prospectuses and all information from the Secretary, 
 
 the Pageant House, Bury St. Edmunds. 
 
 Souvenir of Ihc l^ageant Number of "The Connoi.s.-seur" will be 
 
 |)ul)li,shed early in dune. 
 
 XVI.
 
 " The Coi///oiss('/tr" Extra Niniihcr, No. 2 
 
 ARMITAGE BROS., 
 
 18. Clifford: STREET. 
 
 BOND ST, LONDON, W. 
 
 And G. F. ARMITAGE, Stamford, Altrincham, 
 
 The vxamplfs illustrated 
 ure to bv seen at 
 
 IS, CLirroRU strebt, w. 
 
 Inquiry invited by those who 
 contemplate furnishing in 
 original design or in any of 
 (he recognised periods. 
 
 by those who wish to acquire 
 at reasonable expenditure 
 genuine and interesting 
 examples of the early periods. 
 
 Also by those who desire 
 experienced advice in the 
 arrangement of any rooms in 
 their house which they find 
 difficult to adapt to their 
 purpose with good effect. 
 
 it should be understood that 
 this does not necessarily entail 
 either refurnishing or 
 decorating. 
 
 Specialists in Furniture and Decoration. ""''" ^"^"'^ %cS::l^. ^^^" "^ 
 
 MYERS § a 
 
 Booksellers 
 
 AND 
 
 Printsellers 
 
 59, 
 
 HIGH HOLBORN, 
 
 LONDON, W.C. 
 
 Catalogues post free 011 application. 
 
 t^ c^ c^ 
 
 Libraries and Small Collections of Books 
 
 purchased for prompt cash in 
 
 town or country. 
 
 Telegrams: 
 NIMEROISLY, LONDON." 
 
 Telephone : 
 
 4957 HOLBORN. 
 
 niCHAEL RYAN'S, 
 
 36 Si 37, King St.. CORK.
 
 " 71ie Coniwisseiir" Extra Nimiber, No. 2 
 
 Extra Number (No. 1) of "THE CONNOISSEUR." 
 
 The Life and Works of 
 GEORGE MORLAND, 
 
 By J. T. Herbert Baily, 
 
 containing 
 
 100 Illustrations in Colour and Monochrome, and a complete 
 Catalogue of the published Engravings. 
 
 One of the Plates which is printed in Collotype. 
 
 PRICE FIVE SHILLINGS NETT. 
 
 BOUND COPIES. 7 6 NETT. 
 Ar J^ if 
 
 Now on Sale at all Booksellers, Newsagents, or the Publishers, 
 "The Connoisseur," Carmelite House, E.C.
 
 " TJic C0111/0/SSC//1'" Il.xtrci IViiJuber, No. 2 
 
 "/e lover.s of yc Antic|uc Drinking Cilasscs 
 
 snouijj ifiAi) luioKiJ I o^ 
 
 " How to distinguish yc genuine 
 
 from ye spurious." 
 
 By T. RUDD. %at Pkici; 6|). 
 
 lOo, High SiRiinr, Soutiiamptom. 
 
 Old Engravings and Paintings 
 = Framed and Restored. ^= 
 
 ERNEST ALDEN. 39, Kings Rd., Sloane Sq., S.W. 
 
 Te\. No. 1419 Victoria. 
 •MONUMENT" ANTIQUE GALLERIES. 
 
 J. W. ROSE O SON, SLEAFORD, LINCS.. 
 
 Arc Buyers and Sellers of Genuine Antiques only. 
 
 A pair of very fine Carved Chippendale Chairs just to hand, also a 
 Charles II. Chair and 4 and i arm "William and Mary" Chairs. 
 This is the shop to waiult-r about in, 15b feet Ioiil;. ;ind well stocked with 
 old pieces of Furniture, Prints, China, Glass, Steel. Copper, Hewter, Brass, 
 etc. 22 8-day Grandfather Clocks, and over 30 Carved and Plain Oak 
 Chests. Collectors kindly note, only 3 nunutes' from the station. 
 
 ■i OIK I\SI'I rilON IWl Mil. 
 
 EDGAR LINCOLN. 
 
 144, Kensington High St., W. 
 
 Dealer in English and Roman 
 
 COINS 
 
 SIXPENNY ILLUSTRATED COIN CATALOGUE. 7th Edition, 
 with 260 Illustrations of Coins, post free, yd. 
 
 ST. BOTOLPH'S GALLERIES, 
 Antique Dealers, Tubs Hill, SevenoaKs. 
 
 A genuine (_)iil Knglish Cliippendale Drackel ( liinic Clock in 
 Miihoi^nny Case, in its original condition, Whittini^ton chimes 
 on eight bells, price £30. A quantity of OKI Dresden China 
 in perfect condition, nearly all marked, at various prices. 
 An hour's motor drioe from Town through the most beautiful country. 
 
 A 
 
 NTIijUK Laces and Embroideiie'-, I'uim d'Alcncciii, I'ciini 
 d'Angleterre, Point d'Argentan, Bnranu, Binclie, Mechlin, 
 Lille, Hungarian, Spanish, Limerick, Italian, Ac. 
 
 BRIDAL VEILS in Honiton, Buckingham, and Limerick. 
 
 Best prices given for Old Lace and Mii^lin Em/'roid, rirs . 
 
 ELWOOD & SON, 43, Milsom St., BATH. 
 
 K RIIRR 5, Silver St.. BEDFORD ^'' '"..,' 
 
 ■*^' .■-» V.^ '^i^-j Old Furniture. China, Slioffleld Plate, etc. 
 
 A l.AKGH bTOLK UI- 
 
 Genuine Antique Furniture at Moderate Prices. 
 
 i"N'(jrii;ii s sen ic rn n ^^.^__^.^ i-m > i< n ,i; \rns si \ i 
 
 F. JONES, I, Tavistock Street, BEDFORD. 
 2 ANTIQUE rUKNITLKE % 
 
 C ^^^^= AT MODERATE PRICES. ^;^=L. J 
 
 MRS. BRACKETT'S 
 
 School oj €mbroiDcry, £ace S Spinning. 
 
 Lessons Given and all Materials Supplied. 
 Copies of Jacobean Work and Needlework Pictures a Specialty. 
 
 200. Regent Street. LONDON. W. 
 
 E. HARRISON, 
 
 47, Duke Street, Manchester Square, W. 
 
 |LI..jSt P' ^\'ALL.'\CH COI.LKLTIMN.) 
 
 WANTED.— Genuine Old Hunting, Racing 
 and Coaching Paintings and Engravings. 
 
 Stand Pre-eminent 
 
 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN USE WRITE 
 FOR ILLUSTRATED PrICE LiST N^ 2°i 
 
 THOMAS GREEN&^50N L"^ 
 LEEDS &, LONDON. 
 
 L_,__, 
 
 "One of the most 
 
 remarkable collections 
 
 of articles dear to the 
 
 Jf heart of a 
 
 Connoisseur" 
 
 Corner of old 
 
 St. Ann's Churchyard 
 
 South King Street. 
 
 P. ELLIS, 249, High liolborn. London, 
 
 AI.WAVS HAS ON OFFER WC. 
 
 Genuine Antiques at Moderate Prices. 
 
 Grandfather Clocks, 3(j,-, 70;-,95,-, 115,-: Old Arm ('hairs, 
 -7/6, 35/-. 42/6, 50/- ; Card Tables, 21/-, 30/-, 45/-, 55/- ; 
 Baromelers, 21/-, 24/6, 27/6. Enquiries Solicited. 
 
 Several fine pieces of genuine Old CHIPPENDALE, 
 ADAIVIS and SHERATON Furniture: also some 
 fine pieces of OLD LAC FURNITURE. 
 PAKTtCLLARS ASD PHOTOS. 
 
 S. LLOYD & SON, 
 
 OSWESTRY, SALOP. 
 
 A number of Old Sporting Prints after 
 
 Herring for sale. Also some Old Pictures 
 
 of ladies on glass. 
 
 JAMES HILL, SnVi'a'^^es.-' Bachelor's Walk, DUBLIN. 
 
 ENGRAVED PORTRAITS, including some mezzo- 
 tints, suitable h'T illustrating;. Catalogue post free. 
 
 A. RUSSELL SMITH, 28. Henrietta St.. Covent Garden, London, W.C 
 
 XIX.
 
 " The Connoisseur" Extra Number, No. 2 
 
 For Current Prices 
 
 OF 
 
 Old Pictures Old China Old Coins 
 Books Furniture Medals 
 
 Prints Silver Art Objects 
 
 SEE 
 
 A.uction Sale Prices 
 
 (Supplement to "The Connoisseur") 
 
 A Quarterly List of Prices Realised at Auction 
 
 Price 2s. 6d. nett Quarterly 
 
 ANNUAL 
 
 SUBSCRIPTION, 
 1 Os. ; or bt; Post, lis. 
 
 Published in March, 
 June, September, & 
 December. 
 
 Of all BooKsellers, or of the Publishers, 
 2, Carmelite House, Carmelite St., E.C. 
 
 ""SChe Connoisseur 
 
 »t 
 
 (Edited by j. l'. Herbert Baily.) 
 
 The Magazine for Collectors. Published the First of Each Month. 
 
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 illustrated by unique photographs and drawings of important examples and collections 
 from every part of the world. 
 
 The high standard of excellence by which the Magazine has been distinguished during the six years of its publication is fully 
 maintained, and from lime to lime new features of interest to collectors arc added to its contents. 
 
 Each number contains five or six Art Supplements, consisting of coloured reproductions, in the highest style, of well-known 
 pictures and other objects of art. 
 
 ■■'11 IE CONNOISSEUR" now has a sale far surpassing any similar magazine in Great Britain, and has also a large and 
 increasing circulalion in Europe, America, and the Colonies. 
 
 Bound volumes, consitling of four numbers each, bound in arl canvas, lambskin, or morocco leather, can be obtained at prices 
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 Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Miniature). 
 
 Miss Mary Cruikshank. 
 
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 Masters Benjamin and Lewis Way. 
 
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 Sarah Kemble (Mrs. Siddons). 
 
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 Mrs. Larking of Clare House, East Mailing. 
 
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 Lady Gordon. 
 
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