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Lynne Christensen
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Author. Writer. Loves to Learn. Friend to seniors and students. Family History and Stuart Britain enthusiast. www.lynnechristensen.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Congratulations!
July 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The warm weather has made them grow a lot faster than expected - the largest was about 2.5 feet long!
July 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Well, we have the next in line's will and all we found was "all my goods and chattels" lingo - what a shame! I'm headed over to Ebay next! 😊
April 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yes, finding the paintings is a bit of a long shot - as the artist had some worthy commissions we thought there might be a small chance - my guess is the paintings did survive however unless a museum/gallery has them, you are likely correct in that they are squirreled away in a private collection.
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Does anyone have #artworld contacts who knows where less famous Drummond portraits are housed? Please REPOST to your #ArtHistory #ArtGallery #Portraits colleagues. Thank you!
April 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
did survive: artuk.org/discover/art...

Drummond apparently specialized in marine and portrait paintings; our ancestor Timothy Topping was deputy storekeeper at The Gunwharf, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, England. Drummond’s daughter was a miniaturist painter.
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April 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Charles Topping was a lawyer in Maidstone, Kent and his brother was Timothy (our ancestor).

Of course, it would be FABULOUS to find this painting centuries later. A quick internet search of the Maidstone, Kent artist ‘Samuel Drummond’ (1766-1844) reveals numerous paintings that
April 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM