DEVIS, Arthur (British 1712-1787)
The Brydges Children, Boy with Cricket Bat, Girl with Basket of Flowers, mid 18th Century.
Oil on Canvas
126x100cm (sight - front)

PROVENANCE:
Charles Holmes Harrison; John Egerton Harrison, nephew of the above, bequeathed in 1918 as "the picture of the Brydges children (the boy with the curved cricket bat and his sister)"; Mrs Daintry Frances Tremearne (née Harrison), wife of Dr John Tremearne, Creswick, Victoria; Margaret Harrison, Sydney.

OTHER NOTES:
The shape of the cricket bat dates to around 1740s-70s. The coat of arms suggests a union on the male side of Brydges and Egerton; and on the female side, Fairfowl. The exact identity of the children has not been established, however Edward Brydges (1712-1780) was thought to have been married to Jemima Egerton (1726-1770) which perhaps provides a partial answer to the paternal line. A daughter of Edward and Jemma, Charlotte (1766-1849) married Champion Branfill (1764-1792); and it is through Branfill, then by marriage, Harrison, line that the painting has come down to the present owners.
Estimate $30,000-50,000