This painting shows three men and one dog in an outdoor setting. To the left of center is a seated man looking out at us, wearing a blue coat and pants with gold trim, a red vest, white stockings, and black shoes, his curled gray hair under a black tricorn hat. Leaning against a tree behind the seated man is another man who wears a gray coat and vest with tan pants and tall, knee-length black boots. He holds a long, thin stick in one hand and a black tricorn hat in the other. This man has gray-brown hair that is also curled. He looks to the right, where the third man stands. The man on the…
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Arthur Holdsworth Conversing with Thomas Taylor and Captain Stancombe by the River Dart

Arthur Devis (British, 1712 - 1787)

1757

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 127.6 x 102.1 cm (50 1/4 x 40 3/16 in.) ; framed: 144.8 x 119.7 x 6.3 cm (57 x 47 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Culture
British
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Paul Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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