Live Auction 5556Christie's Interiors
Anthony Devis (1729-1817)
Lot 581

Anthony Devis (1729-1817)

Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon

Closed16 July 2014

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GBP 375

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Anthony Devis (1729-1817)
Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon
pencil, pen and grey ink and coloured washes
5 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (14.3 x 20.6 cm.)

J.Trower, Esq.and thence by descent to,
A.G. Trower, Esq.
with Spink, London, no. K3/ 8372.

Specialist note

John Trower of Muntham Place, Findon, West Sussex, died circa. 1840 at the age of 85. He is recorded as Devis's patron and is reputed to have bought all the contents of Devis' studio on the artist's death. (See S.H. Paviere. The Devis Family of Painters, 1950, p.97.)