Adam Atkinson of Torbottle  

Arthur William Davis (in India 1784 – Jan 1795)

Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left Calcutta 1789

Literature & references

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. Formerly in the collection of David Rockefeller.