Study for a Portrait of an Officer and His Wife, by Arthur Devis, ca. 1756–58
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Study for a Portrait of an Officer and His Wife

Arthur Devis (British, Preston 1712–1787 Brighton)

ca. 1756–58

Medium
Black and white chalk and black ink on blue laid paper
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
sheet: 18 x 11 5/8 in. (45.7 x 29.5 cm), irreg.
Culture
British
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Purchase, Jeffrey L. Berenson Gift, 2004
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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