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ARTHUR WILLIAM DEVIS ...
Arthur William Devis was born on the 10th. August 1762. ...
London (Place), Shuttleworth's Lithography, No. 27 Poultry,, [1822?].
[4] p. ; 32.4 cm. (2°)

Folded sheet. Drop-head title. Probably printed in connection with an appeal on behalf of the widow and children of the painter Arthur William Devis (1762--1822). On 13 March 1822 Soane was requested by George Clint on behalf of a committee of Devis's 'professional friends' to approach Martin Tupper, an affluent relation of the deceased, and was subsequently involved in the arrangements to place the children in a boarding school. (See correspondence and memoranda in Priv. Corr. VI.Q.1.1.)

Copy Notes Two copies are in Soane's archive, the first with minor textual corrections inserted in ink.

Binding Loose paper.

Reference Number 6792

Additional Names Devis, Arthur William (1762--1822)


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