Anthony Devis Italianate Landscape Watercolour Circa.1770.

Anthony Devis Italianate Landscape Watercolour Circa.1770.Anthony Devis 1729 1816. British School 18th. Century. Pen ink and watercolour drawing on laid paper Circa. 1770. Italianate landscape. 43. 5 by 31 cms. Image. 65. 5 by 53. 5 cms framed. Anthony Devis was a painter and draughtsman of charming landscapes inspired by Dutch and Italianate models. Predominantly studies in pen and ink enlivened with touches of colour. Devis was born in Preston, Lancashire on 18 March 1729, to the councillor, Anthony Devis,

Later mounted as a cushion

Overall in turned wood frame

with some 200 drawings

9 by 11 inches

75 cm tear lower left

Century Pencil and watercolour study of a man holding a baby aloft

Lancashire on 18 March 1729

old vertical fold

and Richard Crosse

The most distinguished member of an artistic dynasty

In the Character of Richard III

37 by 42 cms