Edward Downes Edward Downes Sir Edward Thomas ("Ted") Downes, CBE (17 June 1924 – 10 July 2009) was an English conductor, specialising in opera. He was associated with the Royal Opera House from 1952, and with Opera Australia from 1970. He was also well known for his long working relationship with the BBC Philharmonic and for working with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra. Within the field of opera, he was particularly known as a conductor of Verdi. He and his wife, Lady (Joan) Downes, committed assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland on 10 July 2009, an event that received significant media
Lady Dorothy Browne and Sir Thomas Browne John Milton, with Lady Browne representing the upbeat "L'Allegro" while Sir Thomas is the serious "Il Penseroso". Barbour nonetheless described the two as complementing each other. There are no books or symbols visible in the painting. The painting is in size, and has been in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London since 1924 under the catalogue number NPG 2062. Lady Dorothy Browne and Sir Thomas Browne Lady Dorothy Browne and Sir Thomas Browne is an oil on panel painting attributed to the English artist Joan Carlile, and probably completed between 1641 and 1650. The painting depicts English