
Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. John Broadhurst of Foston Hall, Derbyshire
No reserve
Auction Closed
October 15, 06:30 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Arthur Devis
Preston 1712 - 1787 Brighton
Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. John Broadhurst of Foston Hall, Derbyshire
oil on canvas
canvas: 44 by 39 ½ in.; 111.8 by 100.3 cm
framed: 54 by 49 ½ in.; 137.2 by 125.7 cm
With Frank Partridge and Montague Bernard Galleries, 1949;
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 15 December 1993, lot 43A (as Attributed to Arthur Devis);
With Dixon & Dixon of Royal, New Orleans, 1995;
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 12 November 1997, lot 63.
S. H. Paviere, The Devis Family of Painters, Leigh-on-Sea 1950, p. 38, cat. no. 15;
E.G. D'Oench, Arthur Devis (1712-1787): Master of the Georgian Conversation Piece, Ph.D. dissertation, Yale University 1979, pp. 285-286, cat. no. 18;
E.G. D'Oench, The Conversation Piece: Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries, exhibition catalogue, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven 1980, p. 81, cat. no. 17.
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