Isaac D'Israeli (1766-1848)
John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1805 (signed and dated)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
540 x 483 mm (21 1/2 x 19 in)
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Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429053
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Isaac D'Israeli (1766-1848) by John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824) signed and dated in pencil on curtain to left: J. Downman 1805. A half-length portrait holding spectacles, red draped curtain behind. Pair to 429054 - NT/HUG/P/382a,b.
Provenance
Recorded in Disraeli's list of June 1879 as hanging in the Library, in which room it can be seen in the photograph of 1881 published in the Illustrated London News on 22 April 1893, in the centre of the group of pictures hanging to the right of the arcade;
Makers and roles
John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824), artist