Elizabeth Ford, later Lady Colville of Culross

1785

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Dowman represents Elizabeth, second daughter of Francis Ford of Lears, Barbados in her early twenties. Wearing a feathered headress and dark cloak she leans on the base of a classical column, with her face shown in profile. In 1790 she would marry the Scottish nobleman John, 9th Lord Colville of Culross.

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Title: Elizabeth Ford, later Lady Colville of Culross
Artist: John Downman (British, Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire 1749–1824 Wrexham, Wales)
Sitter: Elizabeth Ford (British, 1763/4–1839)
Date: 1785
Medium: Watercolor, colored chalk, and graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 17 x 13 in. (43.2 x 33 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
Object Number: 50.145.11
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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