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Portrait of Miss Ann Goldsmid (1782-1811), full-length, seated in a landscape, in a white dress, with a whippet
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ARTHUR WILLIAM DEVIS (LONDON 1762-1822)
Portrait of Miss Ann Goldsmid (1782-1811), full-length, seated in a landscape, in a white dress, with a whippet
signed 'Devis' (centre, on the dog's collar)
oil on canvas
51 x 39 1⁄2 in. (129.5 x 100.5 cm.)
Portrait of Miss Ann Goldsmid (1782-1811), full-length, seated in a landscape, in a white dress, with a whippet
signed 'Devis' (centre, on the dog's collar)
oil on canvas
51 x 39 1⁄2 in. (129.5 x 100.5 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned in 1798 by the sitter's father, Asher Aaron Goldsmid (1751-1822), and by descent in the family to,
Gladys, Baroness Swaythling, née Goldsmid (1879-1965), wife of Louis Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling (1869-1927), and thence by descent.
Gladys, Baroness Swaythling, née Goldsmid (1879-1965), wife of Louis Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling (1869-1927), and thence by descent.
Literature
The Illustrated London News, CXC, 20 March 1937, p. 503, illustrated.
S.H. Pavière, 'Biographical Notes on the Devis Family of Painters', The Volume of the Walpole Society, XXV, 1936-1937, p. 154, no. 15, pl. XLVIII(b).
S.H. Pavière, The Devis Family of Painters, Leigh-on-Sea, 1950, p. 127, no. 63.
S.H. Pavière, 'Biographical Notes on the Devis Family of Painters', The Volume of the Walpole Society, XXV, 1936-1937, p. 154, no. 15, pl. XLVIII(b).
S.H. Pavière, The Devis Family of Painters, Leigh-on-Sea, 1950, p. 127, no. 63.
Exhibited
London, The Royal Academy, The Exhibition of the Royal Academy: The Thirtieth, 1798, no. 560.
Preston, Harris Museum, Twelfth annual spring exhibition of work by Lancashire artists, including a special loan exhibition of work by the members of the Devis family of painters, 11 March-10 April 1937, no. 38.
Preston, Harris Museum, Twelfth annual spring exhibition of work by Lancashire artists, including a special loan exhibition of work by the members of the Devis family of painters, 11 March-10 April 1937, no. 38.
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