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    interest in the conversation piece. Arthur Devis was born in Preston, Lancashire, the eldest son of Anthony Devis, a carpenter and bookseller who ultimately...
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    portrait of Nelson. Devis was born in London, the nineteenth child of the artist Arthur Devis and his wife Elizabeth Faulkner. Devis was the younger brother...
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  • Devis is a masculine given name and a surname. Bearers include: Devis Epassy (born 1993), French football goalkeeper Devis Favaro (born 1972), Italian...
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    portrait painters such as Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, and Arthur Devis for the arrangement of conversation pieces. Anatomical models such as...
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    or musical parties. Dogs and/or horses are also frequently featured. Arthur Devis was a regional painter famous for his small conversation pieces, popular...
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    the portrait painter Arthur Devis. Anthony Devis the younger did not marry. In the 1742 Preston Guild Roll the younger Anthony Devis was described as being...
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    her spouse. One year after their marriage, Penn commissioned painter Arthur Devis to paint portraits of both himself and his wife. As noted by English...
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    Reynolds, in 1755, 1764, and 1767. A 1752 portrait of Lady Juliana by Arthur Devis is held by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Juliana Library Company...
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    topographical view of the house, "Hoghton Tower from Duxon Hill", from Arthur Devis. To the left of a panorama over the home fields, a coach is seen approaching...
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  • hangs in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. In another painting by Arthur Devis (1712–1787) known as the 'Du Cane Triptych' (1747), the Du Cane family...
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