The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameAnthony Thomas Devis 
Birth18 Mar 1729, Preston, Lancashire
Death26 Apr 1816, Surrey, England
BurialAlbury Old Church, Surrey, England
OccupationEnglish landscape painter
FatherAnthony Devis (ca1688-1778)
MotherAnn Blackburn
Misc. Notes
Name, date and place of birth and death, occupation from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Devis
Notice from a 13-pager document compiled by, and received from, Julie Bourke (nee McColl) on 27 April 2017. Julie is the great-great-granddaughter of Emma Frances Devis b. 1814. Julie believes this notice may pertain to Anthony Devis b. 1729:
London Evening Post Thurs 31 March 1763
Wednesday at a meeting of the Society of Arts – The first premium of 50 guineas for the beft original landscafe was adjudged to Mr George Smith, of Chichefter. The second premium of 25 guineas to Mr Charles Stewart and the third premium to Mr Devis jun., There were feven more candidates who were allowed to have great merit.
Second name of Thomas, year of death, date and place of marriage, from the “Devis Family Tree” kindly shared by Julie Bourke (nee McColl) received in the post on 3 May 2017. This information is based on original research, including that of Wills, by Linda Burge and Julie Bourke. Linda is the great-great-granddaughter of Emma Frances Devis b. 1814.
From 13-pager ex Julie Bourke (including spelling of text where an S is written F):
PUBLIC ADVERTISER Friday 29 May 1767
DEVIS – I can’t fay enough of this Artift, his works fpeak beft for themfelves.
‘Never married’ according to the “Devis Family Tree” kindly shared by Julie Bourke (nee McColl) received in the post on 3 May 2017.
Anthony Devis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Devis
Anthony Devis (18 March 1729 – 26 April 1816) was an English landscape painter.
Anthony Devis was born in Preston, Lancashire. His father's name was also Anthony Devis, who was a carpenter and town councillor in the town. Anthony junior was the older of two sons of his father's second marriage, to Anne Blackburne. His father also had two sons by his first marriage, to Ellin Rauthmell, the older of whom was the portrait painter Arthur Devis. He did not marry.
In the 1742 Preston Guild Roll he was described as being a painter in London, but no work by him has been dated before 1760. Between 1760 and 1780 he produced many landscape paintings, mainly for landowners in Northern England. He exhibited paintings at the Free Society of Artists in 1761 and 1763, and at the Royal Academy in 1772 and 1781. Most of his paintings were topographical (of specific places), although later in his career he did produce some idealised views containing classical features. In 1780 he retired to Albury House near Guildford, Surrey where he made a collection of paintings and curios. He also built a painting-room on a hill near Albury. Devis died in 1816 and was buried at Albury Old Church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Devis
Notice from a 13-pager document compiled by, and received from, Julie Bourke (nee McColl) on 27 April 2017. Julie is the great-great-granddaughter of Emma Frances Devis b. 1814. Julie believes this notice may pertain to Anthony Devis b. 1729:
London Evening Post Thurs 31 March 1763
Wednesday at a meeting of the Society of Arts – The first premium of 50 guineas for the beft original landscafe was adjudged to Mr George Smith, of Chichefter. The second premium of 25 guineas to Mr Charles Stewart and the third premium to Mr Devis jun., There were feven more candidates who were allowed to have great merit.
Second name of Thomas, year of death, date and place of marriage, from the “Devis Family Tree” kindly shared by Julie Bourke (nee McColl) received in the post on 3 May 2017. This information is based on original research, including that of Wills, by Linda Burge and Julie Bourke. Linda is the great-great-granddaughter of Emma Frances Devis b. 1814.
From 13-pager ex Julie Bourke (including spelling of text where an S is written F):
PUBLIC ADVERTISER Friday 29 May 1767
DEVIS – I can’t fay enough of this Artift, his works fpeak beft for themfelves.
‘Never married’ according to the “Devis Family Tree” kindly shared by Julie Bourke (nee McColl) received in the post on 3 May 2017.
Anthony Devis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Devis
Anthony Devis (18 March 1729 – 26 April 1816) was an English landscape painter.
Anthony Devis was born in Preston, Lancashire. His father's name was also Anthony Devis, who was a carpenter and town councillor in the town. Anthony junior was the older of two sons of his father's second marriage, to Anne Blackburne. His father also had two sons by his first marriage, to Ellin Rauthmell, the older of whom was the portrait painter Arthur Devis. He did not marry.
In the 1742 Preston Guild Roll he was described as being a painter in London, but no work by him has been dated before 1760. Between 1760 and 1780 he produced many landscape paintings, mainly for landowners in Northern England. He exhibited paintings at the Free Society of Artists in 1761 and 1763, and at the Royal Academy in 1772 and 1781. Most of his paintings were topographical (of specific places), although later in his career he did produce some idealised views containing classical features. In 1780 he retired to Albury House near Guildford, Surrey where he made a collection of paintings and curios. He also built a painting-room on a hill near Albury. Devis died in 1816 and was buried at Albury Old Church.