# Study for a Portrait of an Officer and His Wife

- By: Arthur Devis (British, Preston 1712–1787 Brighton)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Purchase, Jeffrey L. Berenson Gift, 2004
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/366729)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP805645.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)