William Hucks (d.1740)
John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1781
Materials
Watercolour paint, paper, wood and glass
Measurements
203 x 171 mm (8 x 6 3/4 in)
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 13219.3
Summary
Graphite or charcoal and watercolour on paper (oval), William Hucks (d. 1740), signed lowere left, 1781. A half-length portrait in profile to left wearing buff brown coat unsigned. Framed by Frost and Reed 1899. Blue label on black inscribed, William Hucks / William Gibbs. Wooden noisettes missing from front of frame.
Provenance
Frost and Reed, 1899; purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, the Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Makers and roles
John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824), artist