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Arthur Devis
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.
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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
Painting ID:: 48451
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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
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Philip Howard Seated before a panorama of the river Eden at Corby Castle
mk190
Cumberland
1753
Painting ID:: 48452
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Philip_Howard_Seated_before_a_panorama_of_the_river_Eden_at_Corby_Castle
mk190
Cumberland
1753
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Nelson-s death-bed
mk216
on board the Victory
Painting ID:: 50897
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Nelson-s_death-bed
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on board the Victory
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Portrait of an unknown Lady
from 1750(1750) until 1755(1755)
Oil on canvas
610 X 406 cm (240.16 X 159.84 in)
cjr
Painting ID:: 74926
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Portrait_of_an_unknown_Lady
from 1750(1750) until 1755(1755)
Oil on canvas
610 X 406 cm (240.16 X 159.84 in)
cjr
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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)
cyf
Painting ID:: 76489
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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)
cyf
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Arthur_Devis
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.
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