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Arthur Devis

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.