Tag: Arthur Devis

Eighteenth century conversation pieces, mostly family portraits but not entirely. English. Arthur Devis, painter (1712-1787).

Breaking-Up Day at Doctor Clayton’s School at Salford. ca. 1738. English. Oil on canvas. Arthur Devis, painter (1712-1787). Image source Tate Britain. Artwork itself is in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Devis_14.jpg
Robert Gwillym of Atherton and His Family. 1745-1747. English. Oil on canvas. Arthur Devis, painter (1712-1787). Image source Yale Center for British Art. Artwork itself is in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Devis_-_Robert_Gwillym_of_Atherton_and_His_Family_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
The Children of Peter Ducane (part of a triptych). English. Oil on canvas. Arthur Devis, painter (1712-1787). Image source Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Lancashire. Artwork itself is in the public domain because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Devis_10b.jpg


Portrait of Juliana Penn.  One of a pair of marriage portraits featuring William Penn’s son, Thomas, and his new wife, Lady Juliana Fermor. 1752. English. Oil on canvas. Arthur Devis, painter (1712-1787). Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/99954