A portrait of a gentleman in a powdered wig
Oil · Panel
Anderson & Garland · May 20, 2026£170 ≈ $228 ≈ €196Sign up free to see priceIn the manner of the artist
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Lady Hildyard
John Downman (British, 1749–1824) · 1781
£1,200 hammer
≈ $1,561≈ €1,391
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed with initials and dated 1781 lower right
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 21 x 16.5cm
- Auction house
- Dreweatts
- Sale
- Oakley House, The Collection of Eustace Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall, KCVO, CMG (drewea1-10095)
- Date
- May 1, 2019
- Location
- Newbury, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 64
- Estimate
- £800 – £1,200 (≈ $1,041 – $1,561) (≈ €928 – €1,391)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.dreweatts.com ↗Retrieved Oct 12, 2026
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