Anthony Devis Italianate Landscape Watercolour Circa.1770. Porporati slight time-toning of the paper

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and became one of its first academicians

Later in life

He specialised in grand historical pictures

Anthony Devis Italianate Landscape Watercolour Circa.1770. Porporati slight time-toning of the paperAnthony 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,