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Portrait of Major-General Spencer Cowper (1726-1797) (by John Downman)

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English: John Downman, A.R.A. (Ruabon, N. Wales 1750 - 1824 Wrexham)

Portrait of Major-General Spencer Cowper (1726-1797)

Watercolour and black chalk on laid paper;

signed and dated lower left: J Downman / P: t 1784;

inscribed on two fragments preserved on the backboard: The portrait of / ? ? Cowper, and: Left to Hubert / (GERS)

186 by 150 mm

After attending Westminster School and Worcester College, Oxford, the sitter entered the army. He rose through the ranks and, fighting in the American War of Independence, he was eventually made a Lieutenant-General (1787).
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Author
John Downman  (1749–1824)  wikidata:Q2662652
 
John Downman
Alternative names
John Dowman; j. downman; downman john; downman j.; Downman
Description Welsh painter
Date of birth/death 1749 Edit this at Wikidata 24 December 1824
Location of birth/death Believed to be near Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom
Work location
Exeter (1807–1808), London, Chester (1818–1819), Wrexham (1819–1824)
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creator QS:P170,Q2662652

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