Art sold
ROBERT HAWKER DOWLING (1827 - 1886), superb miniature portrait in oil on ivory, backed with a tintype portrait of Dowling and all contained within a brooch; circa 1850s., 7 x 6cm overall. Dowling was born in England, the youngest son of Rev. Henry Dowling and his wife Elizabeth, née Darke. He was brought to Launceston, with his parents in 1839. He received painting lessons from Thomas Bock and Frederick Strange, and in 1850 advertised as a portrait painter.
Robert Hawker Dowling brooch
Attributes read from the catalogue text · provenance below
Estimate
A$4,000–6,000
Realised
A$4,800
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Provenance
- Source
- Leski Auctions
- First seen
- 7 Oct 2026, 17:06
- Last seen
- 7 Oct 2026, 17:06
- Category
- Art · classified by our model
- Reference
- This page is the durable record · survives the house removing its listing
- Artifact hash
- afb499c71dee · integrity of the captured page
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