Memento Portrait of a Young Midshipman

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: John Downman (British, Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire 1749–1824 Wrexham, Wales)
Date: 1769–1824
Medium: Watercolor, colored chalk, and graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 9 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (25.1 x 21.6 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
Accession no.: 48.149.18

Study of a boy's legs
John Downman
c. 1770-1800 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003760
Study after the Spinario
John Downman
1775 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003761
Study of a Right Foot
John Downman
c. 1774 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003762
Study of Folded Brocade
John Downman
c. 1770-1800 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003763