The Swaine Family – Arthur Devis 1749

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on September 26 2012

Arthur Devis (1712-1787)  Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

What do you think that is open right by the boys foot?   And Kevin thinks he is reading Izaak Walton’s “The Compleat Angler”.

Detail: children , boy , girl , men , women , water , reading , fishing , fence , fichu , mantua , hat , petticoat , portrait , book , dog, fish, net, fishing pole, bucket, snuff box, Fishing Treen

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