| Description | Includes information relating to the sale & purchase of, as well as general research about, the following works of art:
Devis, Arthur William:
-'Adam Atkinson Esq. of Torbottle', stock number 7793
-'Alicia Maria wife of Charles Earl of Egremont', and untitled work, stock numbers 5596, 5597
-'Pt. of Sir James Cockburn, of Langton, 7th Bart.', stock numbers L&P6397, NY14703,7836, 16377. Material includes correspondence and pedigree information
-'Major John Devis', stock number CA928
-'Pt. group of a Lady, Gentleman and boy on a terrace, Landscape bkgd.', stock number A7371
-'A Junior Staff Officer, Hon. E. India Co., Adj. General's dept. with Indian attendant'
-'Mdlle Parisot'
-'The Putnam Family', stock number 8311, A67
-'Portraits of Rear Admiral Charles Wager Purvis & his Lady', stock number 8270
-'Colin Shakespeare', stock number A1274
-'Wood, Sir Matthew, Bart., MP'
-'Pt. of a y. man in cap and gown', stock number A1738
Devis Family:
-untitled work, stock number A149
Also includes fifteen letters between Letitia Simpson and Sydney Paviere, Art Director and Curator, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, dated 28 January 1938-12 January 1949, concerning research for a book on the Devis family of painters. |
| Image Caption | Letter from Letitia Simpson to Sydney Paviere, dated 1 April 1938 |