Study for a Portrait of an Officer and His Wife, ca. 1756–58, Black and white chalks and black ink on blue laid paper, sheet: 18 x 11 5/8 in. (45.7 x 29.5 cm), irreg., Drawings, Arthur Devis (British, Preston 1712–1787 Brighton), Devis was the leading painter of 'conversation pieces'–small genrelike portraits depicting two or more figures-active in England in the mid-eighteenth century. He made this study while at the height of his powers, and, though the doll-like personages demonstrate his continued reliance on dressed mannequins known as 'lay figures,' they also reveal his gradual adoption of more naturalistic poses and landscape settings
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Study, Portrait, Officer, Wife, ca, 1756–58, Black, white chalks, black ink, blue laid paper, sheet, 18 x 11 5/8, 45.7 29.5 cm, irreg, Drawings, Arthur Devis, British, Preston, 1712–1787, Brighton, Devis, leading painter, conversation pieces'–small genrelike, portraits, depicting, two, figures-active, England, mid-eighteenth century, study, height, powers, doll, personages demonstrate, continued reliance, dressed mannequins, lay figures, reveal, gradual adoption, naturalistic poses, landscape settings
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