Arthur Devis (Preston 1712-1787 Brighton) Portrait of Mr. Thomas, full-length, in a blue coat and yellow waistcoat, standing in an interior
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Arthur Devis (Preston 1712-1787 Brighton)
Portrait of Mr. Thomas, full-length, in a blue coat and yellow waistcoat, standing in an interior
oil on canvas
49 x 34cm (19 5/16 x 13 3/8in).
Estimate:
£20,000 - 30,000
€23,000 - 35,000
US$ 31,000 - 47,000

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    By descent from the sitter to Mary Thomas, Lady Dalrymple-White
    With Agnew's, London, 1958
    Sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 June 2005, lot 75

    LITERATURE:
    E. d'Oench, Arthur Devis, Master of the Georgian Conversation Piece, PhD Thesis (unpublished, 1979), p. 419, no. 151
    E. d'Oench, The Conversation Piece: Arthur Devis and his Contemporaries, exh. cat. (New Haven, 1980), p. 88, no. 151

Category: Fine Art / Old Master Paintings

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