Attention
<p>Downman’s drawings appear in the same direction as (and likely reproduce) Jean Audran’s large-scale 1727 etchings after Le Brun. The accompanying text describes the expression of attention thusly: “The effects of attention are to lower and contract the eyebrows toward the sides of the nose, to turn the pupils toward the object that causes (the emotion), to open the mouth, and above all, the top lip, to lower the head little and to keep it steady without other notable changes.”</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1770
- Dimensions
- 38.3 × 27.3 cm (15 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- John Downman
Artist
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More by John Downman
Young Lady with a White Bow on Her Head
1795 · brush and black chalk wash and watercolor, heightened with white gouache
Young Lady with a Pink Bow on Her Bodice
1792 · brush and black chalk wash and watercolor, heightened with white chalk
Lady Caroline Wrottesley
1792 · brush and black chalk wash and watercolor with blue pastel
Standing Boy
1789 · Black chalk on brown tinted wove paper
The Dyson Children
1787 · Chalk, graphite and watercolor
Mrs. Palmer
1785 · Watercolor, colored chalk over graphite
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- John Downman
- Year
- 1770
- Dimensions
- 38.3 × 27.3 cm (15 1/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1770-134877
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified