Town & Country: A Private Collection
Town & Country: A Private Collection
Arthur Devis
Portrait of a gentleman, full-length, standing on a terrace, wearing a grey suit and blue waistcoat, a river landscape beyond
Lot Closed
December 14, 02:52 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Arthur Devis
Preston 1712 - 1787 Brighton
Portrait of a gentleman, full-length, standing on a terrace, wearing a grey suit and blue waistcoat, a river landscape beyond
signed and dated lower left: Art Devis / fe 1755.
oil on canvas
76.1 x 63.7 cm.; 30 x 25⅛ in.
Ian Douglas Leonard Cochrane, 14th Earl of Dundonald;
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 16 June 1961, lot 56, to Leggatt for 5,200 Guineas;
The Viscountess Rothermere (1929-1992);
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Lady'), London, Christie's, 16 July 1982, lot 60;
Private collection, U.K.
By whom sold, London, Christie's, 16 June 1961, lot 56, to Leggatt for 5,200 Guineas;
The Viscountess Rothermere (1929-1992);
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Lady'), London, Christie's, 16 July 1982, lot 60;
Private collection, U.K.
E.G. D'Oench, Arthur Devis: Master of the Georgian Conversation Piece, unpublished PhD thesis, 1979, p. 469, cat. no. 222;
E.G. D'Oench, The Conversation Piece, Arthur Devis and his contemporaries, New Haven 1980, p. 91, cat. no. 222.
E.G. D'Oench, The Conversation Piece, Arthur Devis and his contemporaries, New Haven 1980, p. 91, cat. no. 222.
Bath, Holbourne Museum, on loan from 1988-2006.