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Title: John Downman, A.R.A.; his life and works
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942
Subjects: Downman, John, 1750-1824
Publisher: London : Otto limited
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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rd Cooper, the lineengraver (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, whichnow belongs to Coopers great grand-daughter. Miss Baines. Inthe Maitland sketch-books is a portrait of Coopers daughter,known as pretty Peggy Cooper, and afterwards as the wife ofMr. Ralph (see page xxxiii.), and there is a charming drawing in thepossession of one of John Downmans descendants, attributedeither to the artist or to his daughter and depicting this same childwith her little sister in out-of-door costume, large felt hats, grannymuffs and cloaks trimmed with fur. Coopers plates were princi-pally portraits, and he also engraved some very satisfactoryreproductions of pictures by Van Dyck, Rubens, Correggio, andothers, but is perhaps best known by his engraving of the Chandosportrait of Shakespeare, and by his portraits of Sir John Napierand Allan Ramsay. xl.
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MRS. TREVANION. BY JOHN DOWNMANSIGNED 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. Hisportraits in oil are not often seen. The early ones weresmall ovals, painted, for the most part, on copper (see pages4 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 incharacter than are his drawings. The colouring is rich andsubdued in tone, the figures generally represented in profileand well composed, the background as a rule a landscape, andthere is generally a large tree behind the figure. The artist is,however, more generally known for his dainty pencil and washportrait drawings, exceedingly clever pieces of portraiture, lightlyand gracefully sketched and tinged with very charming colour.They are, as a rule, drawn on ver

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