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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Arthur William Devis, Ploughing, c.1792-1795
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Arthur William Devis, Ploughing, c.1792-1795
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Arthur William Devis, Ploughing, c.1792-1795

Arthur William Devis

Ploughing, c.1792-1795
Oil on panel
45.7 x 61 cm
18 x 24 in
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Arthur William Devis, Ploughing, c.1792-1795
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Arthur William Devis, Ploughing, c.1792-1795
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Arthur William Devis, Ploughing, c.1792-1795

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Lord John Biddulph of Ledbury between 1802 and 1810
Thence by descent
Eyre & Hobhouse, London
Collection of the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava

Exhibitions

Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, 1937
Eyre & Hobhouse, Arthur William Devis, An Exhibition of oil paintings 'Arts and Manufacturers of Bengal', 25 September - 19 October 1979, No.10

Literature

Sydney H. Paviere, Biographical Notes on the Devis Family of Painters', The Walpole Society, Vol.25, 1936-37, plate XLVI (b)(42)
The Economy of Human Life. Arthur William Devis and the Agriculture, Arts and Manufacture of Bengal, The Connoisseur, Vol. 202, No.812, October 1979
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