Lot Essay
An attribution to John Alefounder (1758-1794) has been suggested.
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Circle of Arthur William Devis (1762-1822)
An interior with merchants playing chess, eastern India
Details
Circle of Arthur William Devis (1762-1822)
An interior with merchants playing chess, eastern India
oil on canvas
13 x 17in. (33 x 43cm.)
An interior with merchants playing chess, eastern India
oil on canvas
13 x 17in. (33 x 43cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 17 June 1983, lot 160 (as 'A.W. Devis, Arabs playing chess').
with Eyre and Hobhouse (as 'Sir William Allen [sic], R.A., Chess-players, probably in Lucknow or Patna') (label on the stretcher).
Private collection, London.
with Eyre and Hobhouse (as 'Sir William Allen [sic], R.A., Chess-players, probably in Lucknow or Patna') (label on the stretcher).
Private collection, London.
Brought to you by
Helena Ingham