John Downman Portrait Of Stephen Payne Gallwey 1781 Greenwood Best known for the precision

Best known for the precision

he moved to London in 1781 to study at the Royal Academy Schools where he became a protégé of the celebrated engraver Francesco Bartolozzi

some general creasing

An intimate and charming pencil and chalk drawing of a breastfeeding mother and child

Provenance: Dr Nicholas Ardizzone

John Downman Portrait Of Stephen Payne Gallwey 1781 Greenwood Best known for the precisionJohn Downman A. R. A 1750 1824 Welsh School 18th. Century. Portrait of a Gentleman, Stephen Payne Gallwey, depicted half length, a pillar beyond. Initialled and dated lower right 1781. Black chalk stump and watercolour, oval, 17 by 20. 5 cms oval image 33. 5 by 37 cms in gilt gesso "Downman" Frame. Stephen Payne Gallwey, 1750 1803. Brother of Sir William Payne Gallwey 1st. Baronet was himself a wealthy landowner in Norfolk and St Kitts. He was a