View of Osterley from the East
Anthony Devis (Preston 1729 - Guildford 1816)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1784
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1475 x 2075 x 85 mm; 26 kg (Weight)
Place of origin
Osterley Park
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771275
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, View of Osterley from the East by Anthony Devis (Preston 1729 – Albury House, Surrey 1816), 1784. A lake set in green landscape park, in the foreground cattle and deer. On the left a man and a woman rest against a tree. In the centre another group of people are gathered under a tree. In the background Osterley Park is visible.
Provenance
Osterley Park Heirloom, possibly commissioned by Sarah Jodrell, Mrs Robert Child, later Lady Ducie (c.1740-1793); purchased by the Victoria and Albert Museum (P.21-1949) from Jersey Sale, Christie's, 15 July 1949, lot 129
Makers and roles
Anthony Devis (Preston 1729 - Guildford 1816) , artist