A pastoral river landscape with an elegant couple conversing

Details

Anthony Devis (Preston, Lancashire 1729-1816 Albury, Surrey)
A pastoral river landscape with an elegant couple conversing
signed and dated 'Ant. Devis 1775' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 48 1/8 in. (80.3 x 122.2 cm.)

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Lot Essay

A painter of landscapes in oil and watercolour, including many topographical works, Anthony Devis travelled extensively in Britain. He began his career early, for at the age of thirteen he was already working as a painter in London before going on to exhibit at both the Free Society of Artists and at the Royal Academy. He retired to Surrey, where he continued to paint his surroundings at Albury House.

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