Captain Downman, the artist's brother
John Downman|Francis Dowman
ca. 1776
Medium
Black chalk, brush and gray wash
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (25.7 x 20.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Alexandrine Sinsheimer, 1958
Accession Number
59.23.29
Tags
MenPortraits
About the Artist
John Downman|Francis Dowman · 1750–1824
John Downman (1750–1824) was born in Ruabon, near Wrexham, in North Wales. His artistic inclinations proved stronger than any legal ambitions his family held for him, and he began his formal training in Liverpool before enrolling in 1769 among the first intake of students at the newly established Royal Academy Schools in London. There he studied under Benjamin West. In 1773, Downman deepened his e...