Group portrait of a naval officer and two ladies, small full-length, seated in a garden, looking at a plan of a fortification, a river and house beyond traditionally identified as the Thames and Syon House

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Circle of Arthur Devis (1712-1787)
Group portrait of a naval officer and two ladies, small full-length, seated in a garden, looking at a plan of a fortification, a river and house beyond traditionally identified as the Thames and Syon House
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton, R.A.

Literature

S. Sitwell, Conversation Pieces, London, 1936, pp.52 & 99, pl.57, as by Devis.
C. Neve, 'Arthur Devis, A Minor English Artist (1712-1787)', Country Life Annual, 1972, p.44, pl.15.

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Lot Essay

The house in this picture has traditionally been identified as Syon House, on the Thames at Brentford. This identification seems plausible, although it has also been suggested by Mark Bills, Museum of London, that it could be the house of the rich merchant Moses Hart (d.1756), on the Thames between Twickenham and Iselworth.

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