Background
Downs, Joseph was born in 1895 in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel and Mary (MacDonald) Downs.
Downs, Joseph was born in 1895 in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel and Mary (MacDonald) Downs.
Graduate Music.
Assistant Museum Fine Arts, 1921-1922. Traveling scholarship, Europe, 1922-1923. Furniture designer, 1923-1925.
Curator Pennsylvania Museum Art, Philadelphia, 1925-1932, American wing Metropolitan Museum, 1932-1949, H.F. duPont Winterthur Museum since 1949.
Member New York History Society (honorary), American Association Museums, Walpole Society, Society for Preservation North.E. Antiquities (life). Club: Century Association.