Dorothea Barnetta Hucks, Mrs Anthony Gibbs (1760-1820) (after Downman)
John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1784 (initialed and dated)
Materials
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Measurements
362 x 322 mm
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 13219.4
Summary
Watercolour and pencil on paper, Dorothea Barnetta Hucks, Mrs Anthony Gibbs (1760 - 1820) by George Browne (1804 - 1848), after John Downman, ARA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 - Wrexham 1824). Signed, lower right, with monogram, JD, 1781/84. A half-length portrait in profile wearing a white dress and bonnet. Additional inscription reads, JD 1784. Wooden noisettes missing from front of frame. Probably a marriage portrait together with NT13219.1 (Antony Gibbs).
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824), artist previously catalogued as by George Browne (1804 - 1848), artist