Arthur Devis Sir Nathaniel and Lady Caroline Curzon Painting ID:: 969 Arthur Devis1.jpg
Sir Nathaniel and Lady Caroline Curzon 1754
Arthur Devis Self-Portrait Painting ID:: 19090 new3/Arthur Devis_gajXgh.jpg
Self-Portrait 1850-51
Oil on board
National Portrait Gallery.
Arthur Devis Portrait of an Elderly Woman Painting ID:: 19091 new3/Arthur Devis_nUZNR2.jpg
Portrait of an Elderly Woman 1851
Oil on canvas
Private collection.
Arthur Devis Ophelia Painting ID:: 19092 new3/Arthur Devis_jc5cHz.jpg
Ophelia 1852, retouched 1857-58
Oil on panel.
Arthur Devis Benedick in the Arbor Painting ID:: 19093 new3/Arthur Devis_nU8HjS.jpg
Benedick in the Arbor 1852-54
Oil on panel
Munro Family Collection.
Arthur Devis The Long Engagement Painting ID:: 19095 new3/Arthur Devis_2d2HdB.jpg
The Long Engagement 1853-55
Oil on canvas
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery.
Arthur Devis Fair Rosamund Painting ID:: 19096 new3/Arthur Devis_ANQJuH.jpg
Fair Rosamund 1854
Oil on board
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Arthur Devis Edward Robert Hughes as a Child Painting ID:: 19097 new3/Arthur Devis_DBy38N.jpg
Edward Robert Hughes as a Child 1854-55
Oil on canvas
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Arthur Devis Home from Sea Painting ID:: 19098 new3/Arthur Devis_WHQzVp.jpg
Home from Sea 1856-57
Oil on panel
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Arthur Devis The Annunciation Painting ID:: 19099 new3/Arthur Devis_tbXvKd.jpg
The Annunciation 1857-58
Oil and pencil on canvas
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.
Arthur Devis The Nativity Painting ID:: 19100 new3/Arthur Devis_36hcv8.jpg
The Nativity 1857-58
Oil and gold leaf canvas
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.
Arthur Devis The Knight of the Sun Painting ID:: 19101 new3/Arthur Devis_4wuArt.jpg
The Knight of the Sun 1859-60
Oil on canvas.
Arthur Devis The Woodman's Child Painting ID:: 19102 new3/Arthur Devis_vQRQQ7.jpg
The Woodman's Child 1860
Oil on canvas
Tate Gallery, London.
Arthur Devis The John Bacon Family Painting ID:: 31321 new4/Arthur Devis-664875.jpg
The John Bacon Family nn07
about 1742-43
Oil on canvas
30 x 51 5/8 in. (76.6 x 131.1 cm)
Yale Center for British Art
Arthur Devis A Portrait of Captain James Urmston Painting ID:: 39807 new12/Arthur Devis-757892.jpg
A Portrait of Captain James Urmston mk153
1750
Arthur Devis Gentleman and Lady in a Landscape Painting ID:: 40925 new16/Arthur Devis-726683.jpg
Gentleman and Lady in a Landscape mk158
1747-49
Arthur Devis Unknown man in a landscape garden Painting ID:: 48447 new17/Arthur Devis-558929.jpg
Unknown man in a landscape garden mk190
1740-41
The garden is probably fictitious
Arthur Devis Probably Dorothy Savile,Countess of Burlington,seated in the Orange tree garden at Chiswick Painting ID:: 48448 new17/Arthur Devis-336587.jpg
Probably Dorothy Savile,Countess of Burlington,seated in the Orange tree garden at Chiswick mk190
c.1741-2
Arthur Devis Mrs Edward Travers in a landscape garden Painting ID:: 48449 new17/Arthur Devis-294822.jpg
Mrs Edward Travers in a landscape garden mk190
1751
Arthur Devis Henry Fiennes Clinton,9th Earl of Lincoln,with his wife,Catherine and his son,George,on the great terrace at Oatlands Painting ID:: 48451 new17/Arthur Devis-599635.jpg
Henry Fiennes Clinton,9th Earl of Lincoln,with his wife,Catherine and his son,George,on the great terrace at Oatlands mk190
Surrey
c.1750-51
Arthur Devis Philip Howard Seated before a panorama of the river Eden at Corby Castle Painting ID:: 48452 new17/Arthur Devis-695832.jpg
Philip Howard Seated before a panorama of the river Eden at Corby Castle mk190
Cumberland
1753
Arthur Devis Nelson-s death-bed Painting ID:: 50897 new18/Arthur Devis-679729.jpg
Nelson-s death-bed mk216
on board the Victory
Arthur Devis Portrait of an unknown Lady Painting ID:: 74926 new24/Arthur Devis-398587.jpg
Portrait of an unknown Lady from 1750(1750) until 1755(1755)
Oil on canvas
610 X 406 cm (240.16 X 159.84 in)
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Arthur Devis Portrait of an unknown Lady Painting ID:: 76489 new24/Arthur Devis-988768.jpg
Portrait of an unknown Lady Date from 1750(1750) until 1755(1755)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 610 ?? 406 cm (240.2 ?? 159.8 in)
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Arthur Devis Mr Peter Ducane, Mary, nee Norris, his wife The Ducane Children Painting ID:: 76914 new24/Arthur Devis-987549.jpg
Mr Peter Ducane, Mary, nee Norris, his wife The Ducane Children 1747(1747)
Oil on canvas
63.5x43.2cms and 3. 63.5x46.2
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Arthur Devis Triptych: Mr Peter Ducane, Mary, nee Norris, his wife and The Ducane Children Painting ID:: 78930 new24/Arthur Devis-837497.jpg
Triptych: Mr Peter Ducane, Mary, nee Norris, his wife and The Ducane Children 1747(1747)
Oil on canvas
1 & 2. 63.5x43.2cms, 3. 63.5x46.2
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Arthur Devis The Ducane Children Peter Ducane Painting ID:: 79172 new24/Arthur Devis-988584.jpg
The Ducane Children Peter Ducane 1747(1747)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 1 & 2. 63.5x43.2cms, 3. 63.5x46.2
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Arthur Devis Mr Peter Ducane Painting ID:: 81937 new24/Arthur Devis-353546.jpg
Mr Peter Ducane Date 1747(1747)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Arthur Devis The brothers Boldero Painting ID:: 82732 new24/Arthur Devis-854754.jpg
1712-1787
English
By 1728 he had left Preston, and the following year he was working in London for the Flemish topographical and sporting painter Peter Tillemans. There he specialized in landscape painting and copying various works in Tillemans studio after Marco Ricci, Giovanni Paolo Panini and Jan van Bloemen. Devis earliest known commission, Hoghton Towers from Duxon Hill, Lancashire (1735; priv. col., see 1983 exh. cat., no. 3), painted for Sir Henry Hoghton during a trip to Preston in 1734-5, shows Tillemans influence in its attention to detail and the use of thin, transparent paint. Thomas Lister with his Family (c. 1738; Chicago, IL, A. Inst.) demonstrates a similar interest in landscape, featuring the family group in Gisburn Park, Lancs. Devis had returned to London by 1742 and established himself as a painter of conversation pieces, with a studio in Great Queen Street. Roger Hesketh with his Family is typical of his work at this time; it shows how Devis transformed the intimacy of a Dutch 17th-century genre scene into an elegant interior with the group of sitters connected by formal, schematic gestures. Roger Hesketh stands apart, in a tastefully contrived pose, his legs crossed and right arm thrust inside his waistcoat. His son, Fleetwood, stands with his hand resting on a dog next to his wife, who is seated with an infant on her lap. The adjacent telescope, globe and marine paintings are intended to advertise Hesketh interest in astronomy and travel.