Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822, British
Title:
Mr. and Mrs. Fraser
Date:
1785 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (90.2 x 69.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.235
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
blue | water | blanket | feathers | white (color) | hat | sketching | sitting | tree | picture | drawing | woman | pearls | couple | drawing (image-making) | sketchbook | portrait | conversation piece
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 86-87, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

Ellen G. D'Oench, The Conversation Piece: Arthur Devis & his contemporaries, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1980, pp. 77-78, cat. no. 68, NJ18 D5151 D64 OVERSIZE

English Conversation Pieces of the Eighteenth Century, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 1948, p. 16, Cat no. 6, ND466 D4

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 66 (v.1), no. 240, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA)

Sydney H Paviere, The Devis family of painters, F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, Leigh-on-Sea, 1950, p. 127, AWD list, no. 59, NJ18 D515 P28 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4939