Town & Country: A Private Collection
Town & Country: A Private Collection
Arthur Devis
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly the Reverend William of Digby, of Landenstown, Country Kildare, full-length, seated beneath a tree, a gun and pheasant by his side
Lot Closed
December 14, 02:58 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Arthur Devis
Preston 1712 - 1787 Brighton
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly the Reverend William of Digby, of Landenstown, Country Kildare, full-length, seated beneath a tree, a gun and pheasant by his side
oil on canvas
unframed: 76.5 x 63.5 cm.; 30⅛ x 25 in.
framed: 92 x 80 cm.; 36 1/4 x 31 1/2 in.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 19 June 1970, lot 47, to Gooding;
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Sotheby's, 23 June 1971, lot 94, for £800 to Captain Hawker;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 21 November 1984, lot 35 (as Robert Hunter);
David McAlpine (b. 1946);
His sale, Fawley House, Oxfordshire, Sotheby's, 15 October 2003, lot 441;
Where acquired.
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Sotheby's, 23 June 1971, lot 94, for £800 to Captain Hawker;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 21 November 1984, lot 35 (as Robert Hunter);
David McAlpine (b. 1946);
His sale, Fawley House, Oxfordshire, Sotheby's, 15 October 2003, lot 441;
Where acquired.
A. Crookshank and The Knight of Glin, Ireland's Painter's 1600-1940, London 1978, pp. 83-84, reproduced fig. 69 (as attributed to Robert Hunter, the sitter as John Digby);
E.G. D'Oench, Arthur Devis: Master of the Georgian Conversation Piece, unpublished PhD thesis, 1979, p. 467, cat. no. 219, reproduced fig. 121 (the sitter as unidentified);
E.G. D'Oench, The Conversation Piece, Arthur Devis and his contemporaries, New Haven 1980, p. 91, cat. no. 219 (the sitter as unidentified, formerly William Digby of Landenstown, Country Kildare).
E.G. D'Oench, Arthur Devis: Master of the Georgian Conversation Piece, unpublished PhD thesis, 1979, p. 467, cat. no. 219, reproduced fig. 121 (the sitter as unidentified);
E.G. D'Oench, The Conversation Piece, Arthur Devis and his contemporaries, New Haven 1980, p. 91, cat. no. 219 (the sitter as unidentified, formerly William Digby of Landenstown, Country Kildare).