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Contribution to V&A's 150th anniversary album, by David Downton, 2007

Contribution to V&A's 150th anniversary album

David Downton

2007

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Overview

Contribution to V&A's 150th anniversary album is a 2007 by David Downton, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
David Downton
When & what style?
2007
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

David Downton contributed a page to the Victoria and Albert Museum’s 150th anniversary album in 2007, featuring a stylized depiction of a woman’s face with one eye obscured by a peacock feather and the phrase “hidden treasures” in white text against her dark hair.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

David Downton

David Downton could spend hours sketching strangers in the back of a London pub—ink stains on his fingers, a half-empty pint at his elbow—until someone caught his eye and didn’t look away.

See the richer artist page
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