Lot 344: Arthur William Devis , London 1763-1822 Portrait of Adam Atkinson of Torbottle oil on canvas, laid down on board

signed lower left A.W. Devis Calcutta 1789 oil on canvas, laid down on board

measurements note 29 3/4 by 20 in.; 75.6 by 50.8 cm.

W. Foster, "British Artists in India, 1760 - 1820", in The Walpole Society, vol. 19, 1930 - 1931, p. 26;
S.H. Pavière, "Bibliographical Notes on the Devis Family of Painters", in The Walpole Society, vol. 25, 1936 - 1937, p. 153, cat. no. 4;
S.H. Pavière, The Devis Family of Painters, Leigh-on-Sea 1950, p. 121, cat. no. 10, reproduced plate 42;
M. Archer, India and British Portraiture 1770 - 1825, London, New York, Karachi and Delhi 1979, p. 248, reproduced plate 170.

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, June 11, 1926, lot 115, for 105 guineas, to Arthur Tooth & Sons.