Catalogue of paintings and other works by Anthony Devas

Latest update June 1 2001


Schedule of exhibitions/lists, click to view

Swallows in a cornfield 1956 #A78

Cooling One man show 1936 (#C)
Wildenstein One man show 1937 (#W)
Agnew's One man show 1941 (#AA)
Leicester Galleries One man show 1944 (#LA)
Leicester Galleries One man show 1947 (#LB)
Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions 1939 - 1959 (#R)
Sundry Mixed Exhibitions 1931 onwards (#MI)
Agnew's Memorial Exhibition 1959 (#A)
Agnew's schedule of sold paintings 1959 (#AC)
Graves Art Gallery Sheffield 1991 (#G)
Tenby Museum and Picture Gallery 1992 (#T)
Anthony Devas' Sales ledgers 1931-1958, includes commissioned portraits (#SL)
Other Paintings not referenced in any of the above lists (#OT)
Public Collections (#PC)
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Cooling One man show 1936
Sunday morning- Noel and Giana Blakiston 1941 #G19

The Cooling Galleries Ltd.,
Anthony Devas One man show,
Prices and numbering as per catalogue,
21 April to May 4th 1936,
Purchaser's name noted if available,

C1,The Lace Collar,1936,Oil,20gns.,
C2,The Hair Net,1936,Oil,35gns.,Sold to: Mrs S Clarke
C3,The Stream,1936,Oil,14gns.,
C4,The Pond,1936,Oil,15gns.,Sold to: Lady Robertson
C5,Ellingham Church,1936,Oil,14gns.,
C6,Stream and Trees,1936,Oil,18gns.,Sold to: John Teed
C7,Blashford Brook,1936,Oil,20gns.,
C8,The Diplomat,1936,Oil,25gns.,
C9,The Garden,1936,Oil,16gns.,
C10,French Cemetery,1936,Oil,16gns.,
C11,Dog Roses,1936,Oil,30gns.,
C12,Burvale Interior,1936,Oil,16gns.,Sold to: W N Hayes
C13,30 Regent's Square,1936,Oil,15gns.,Sold to: Capt McEwen MP
C14,Chairs,1936,Oil,10gns.,Sold to: Mrs A John
C15,London Interior,1936,Oil,18gns.,Sold to: Capt McEwen MP
C16,33 Regent's Square,1936,Oil,15gns.,
C17,Flowers in the Window,1936,Oil,16gns.,
C18,Suffolk Garden,1936,Oil,16gns.,Sold to: Mrs Muir
C19,Lilac,1936,Oil,12gns.,
C20,Blue Cineraria,1936,Oil,9gns.,Sold to: Arnold Palmer
C21,Spring Flowerpiece,1936,Oil,25gns.,Sold to: W B Henderson
C22,Lady on a Couch,1936,Oil,20gns.,Sold to: Anthony Ayscough
C23,Lady Resting,1936,Oil,18gns.,Sold to: Mrs Gates
C24,Iris [O'Callaghan Westropp ],1934,Oil,15gns.,Sold to: Dr Gregory
C25,Nicolette,1936,Oil,15gns.,Sold to: R Glendary
C26,Daphne,1936,Oil,15gns.,
C27,Brigit [Marnier],1936,Oil,15gns.,
C28,Anne,1936,Oil,15gns.,
C29,Robert Kitchener,1936,Oil,15gns.,
C30,Interior,1936,Oil,loan: Augustus John
C31,Anthony Ayscough,1936,loan: Athony Ayscough
C32,Miss Flora Robson,1936,Oil,loan D M Robson
C33,Miss Joan Reed,1936,Oil,loan: Miss Joan Reed
C34,Anthony Ayscough,1936,Oil,
C35,Dog Roses,1936,WaCo/Drawing,4.5gns.,
C36,Spotted Cow,1936,WaCo/Drawing,3.5gns.,
C37,Brown Cows,1936,WaCo/Drawing,3.5gns.,
C38,Floods,1936,WaCo/Drawing,3.5gns.,
C39,Water Plants,1936,WaCo/Drawing,4.5gns.,
C40,Thistles in a Field,1936,WaCo/Drawing,4.5gns.,
C41,Water Lilies,1936,WaCo/Drawing,3.5gns.,
C42,Tennis,1936,WaCo/Drawing,3.5gns.,
C43,Garden,1936,WaCo/Drawing,3.5gns.,Sold to: Lord Wharton
C44,Lulworth Cove,1936,WaCo/Drawing,4.5gns.,
C45,Standing Nude,1936,WaCo/Drawing,4.5gns.,
C46,Sewing,1936,WaCo/Drawing,3.5gns.,
C47,Nude on Couch (1),1936,WaCo/Drawing,4.5gns.,Sold to: Mrs Maxwell Morris
C48,Nude on Couch (2),1936,WaCo/Drawing,3.5gns.,Sold to: Mrs Maxwell Morris
C49,Nude on Couch (3),1936,WaCo/Drawing,3.5gns.,
C50,Lying in the Sun,1936,WaCo/Drawing,4.5gns.,
C51,Racing up the Cut,1936,WaCo/Drawing,4.5gns.,
C52,Racing on the Broads,1936,WaCo/Drawing,4.5gns.,Sold to: Mrs Laver
C53,Brown Dinghies,1936,WaCo/Drawing,4.5gns.,
C54,On Salcombe Estuary,1936,WaCo/Drawing,3.5gns.,

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Wildenstein One man show 1937
The artist's grandmother 1939 (Tate Gallery, #A30)

Wildenstein Gallery 1937,
Anthony Devas One man show ,
Incomplete list based on sundry sources: numbering is not catalogue number,

W1,Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham,1937
W2,Mrs Henry Wetherall,1937
W3,Mrs Arthur Duckworth,1937
W4,Lady Diana Finch Hatton,1937
W5,Mrs Alan Napier,1937
W6,Lord and Lady Hambleden [ in box at theatre],1937
W7,Mr Valentine Lawford [ in full dress uniform],1937
W8,Nicolette daughter,1937
W9,Anthony Ayscough [1],1937
W10,Anthony Ayscough [2],1937
W11,Nicolette[ with dark hat],1937
W12,The Red Feather [ portrait],1937
W13,Girl in Blue [22],1937
W14,The Lace Collar,1937
W15,Interior,1937,
W16,Autumn Flower Pieces,1937,
W17,The Party,1937,
W18,Lady Clark Kerr,1937,
W19,The Fur Cap,1937,Oil,
W20,Susannah and the Elders,1937,Drawing,

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Agnew's One man show 1941
Alice Harris 1943 #A40

Agnew's 1941,
Anthony Devas One man show October 16 to November 7 1941,
Prices and numbering as per catalogue,

AA1,Resting,1940,30gns,
AA2,Edward Eade,1940,60gns,
AA3,Eliza,1940,30gns,
AA4,Flowers,1940,16gns,
AA5,The haystack,1940, 14gns,Sold to:
AA6,Henriette [Macnamara],1940, 12gns,Sold to:
AA7,The Little Nurse,1940,10gns,
AA8,Friends,1940,18gns,
AA9,Bedtime,1940, 18gns,Sold to:
AA10,The Pear Tree,1940, 9gns,Sold to:
AA11,Mrs Evan Pughe,1940,NFS,
AA12,The Bedroom,1940, 14gns,Sold to:
AA13,June Roses,1940, 15gns,Sold to:
AA14,The Visitor,1940,20gns,
AA15,Jimmy [young boy],1940, 15gns,Sold to:
AA16,Autumn landscape,1940,114gns,
AA17,Light and shade,1940, 20gns,Sold to:
AA18,Sunday Morning,1940,75gns,
AA19,Children in the orchard,1940,21gns,
AA20,Nicolette,1940, 15gns,Sold to:
AA21,In the garden,1940,16gns,
AA22,Apple Blossom,1940, 18gns,Sold to:
AA23,Emma dressed up,1940, 18gns,Sold to:
AA24,Reading aloud,1940,12gns,
AA25,Sunlight,1940,35gns,
AA26,The artist's daughter,1940,NFS,
AA27,The Square,1940, 10gns,Sold to:
AA28,Standard roses,1940,16gns,
AA29,Simon,1940, 15gns,Sold to:

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Leicester Galleries One man show 1944
Vannes Brittany 1950 #G19

Leicester Galleries 1944 ,
Anthony Devas One man show October November 1944,
Incomplete list based on sundry sources numbering not catalogue ,

LA1,John Gielgud in Love for Love,1944,
LA2,Nancy Mellor,1944,
LA3,Nude seated,1944,Sold to: £ 31 10s
LA4,The O'Conor,1944,Sold to: £25
LA5,Girl with Red Hair,1944,Sold to: £75
LA6,Mixed Roses,1944,Sold to: £35
LA7,Roses,1944,Sold to: £35
LA8,The Sentimental Model,1944,Sold to: £126
LA9,Portrait of the Artist,1944,Sold to: £26 5s
LA10,Sheila Whistler,1944,Sold to: £23 2s
LA11,Hands,1944,Sold to: £31 10s
LA12,Detail of Nude,1944,Sold to: £42
LA13,The Stream,1944,Sold to: £21
LA14,Girl in Bed,1944,Sold to: £21
LA15,Sunrise,1944,Sold to: £18
LA16,By the sea,1944,Sold to: £15 15s
LA17,The Haystack,1944,Sold to: £52 10s
LA18,The River,1944,Sold to: £18 18s
LA19,Nude ,1944,Sold to: £36 15s
LA20,Flowers in sunlight,1944,Sold to: £31 10s
LA21,Model against the light,1944,Sold to: 26 5s
LA22,News,1944,Sold to: £23 2s
LA23,Roses Growing,1944,Sold to: £31 10s
LA24,Sunflowers,1944,Sold to: £31 10s
LA25,Roses in a glass,1944,Sold to: £25 5s
LA26,The Bracelet,1944,Sold to: £29 8s
LA27,Woman's Back,1944,Sold to: £36 15s
LA28,Model seated on floor,1944,Sold to: £42
LA29,Everlasting Flowers,1944,Sold to: £21

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Leicester Galleries One man show 1947

Leicester Galleries 1947,
Anthony Devas One man show ,
Incomplete list based on sundry sources numbering not catalogue,

LB1,Model with Black Hair,1947,One man show: Leicester Galleries 1944
LB2,Pegwell Bay,1947,One man show: Leicester Galleries 1944

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Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions 1939 - 1959
Laurie Lee and the Children 1948, #R23

Paintings exhibited at Royal Academy annually from 1940,
Complete list with catalogue number,

R1,Flowers in a Yellow Jug,1939,Oil,RASE 1940 Cat. No.: 50
R2,Rupert Shephard Esq,1940,Oil,RASE1941 Cat. No.: 146
R3,Patricia Napier,1942,Oil,RASE 1943 Cat. No.: 41
R4,Mrs Dylan Thomas,1942,Oil,RASE 1943 Cat. No.: 447
R5,White jugs,1943,Oil,RASE 1944 Cat. No.: 42
R6,Major Wilfred Thesiger DSO,1943,Oil,RASE 1944 Cat. No.: 293
R7,Jill Schalit,1943,Oil,RASE 1944 Cat. No.: 563
R8,A Woman ,1943,Oil,RASE 1944 Cat. No.: 715
R9,Viscountess Erleigh,1944,Oil,RASE 1945 Cat. No.: 691
R10,Hanging About [Esmond with Desmond O'Connor],1944,Oil,RASE 1945 Cat. No.: 609
R11,Family Bacchanal,1944,Oil,RASE 1945 Cat. No.: 357
R12,Simon,1944,Oil,RASE 1945 Cat. No.: 721
R13,Countess of Dudley,1945,Oil,RASE 1946 Cat. No.: 338
R14,Mary Gross in fancy dress,1945,Oil,RASE 1946 Cat. No.: 78
R15,Mrs Edward Tennant and her children,1945,Oil,RASE 1946 Cat. No.: 115
R16,Lady Bagot,1946,Oil,RASE 1947 Cat. No.: 46
R17,Emma and Laura [ children by a piano],1946,Oil,RASE 1947 Cat. No.: 163
R18,Nude [ seated on bed back to artist ],1947,Oil,RASE 1948 Cat. No.: 584
R19,The Rt Hon Lord Justice Cohen,1947,Oil,RASE 1948 Cat. No.: 475
R20,Mrs Christopher Sykes and Mark,1947,Oil,RASE 1948 Cat. No.: 625
R21,The Finishing Touches [ Nanny adjusting a wedding dress],1948,Oil,RASE 1949 Cat. No.: 228
R22,Mrs Edward Tennant ,1948,Oil,RASE 1949 Cat. No.: 129
R23,Laurie Lee and the Children,1948,Oil,RASE 1949 Cat. No.: 601
R24,Alderman Mrs Pimblett,1949,Oil,RASE 1950 Cat. No.: 443
R25,The Crossword Puzzle,1949,Oil,RASE 1950 Cat. No.: 507
R26,Visitors to the Studio,1950,Oil,RASE 1951 Cat. No.: 260
R27,Sir Charles and Lady Tennyson,1950,Oil,RASE 1951 Cat. No.: 378
R28,Count Benckendorff DSO,1951,Oil,RASE 1952 Cat. No.: 99
R29,Barbara Pitt,1951,Oil,RASE 1952 Cat. No.: 287
R30,Marion Campbell,1951,Oil,RASE 1952 Cat. No.: 324
R31,Miss Sarah Millar [ with hands clutching dress],1952,52x36,Oil,RASE 1953 Cat. No.: 335
R32,Mrs Noel Blakiston,1952,Oil,RASE 1953 Cat. No.: 120
R33,TSR Boase Esq President of Magdalen College,1952,Oil,RASE 1953 Cat. No.: 416
R34,Sarah Millar [ with hands clutching shawl ],1953,36x24,Oil,RASE 1954 Cat. No.: 86
R35,Dame Felicity Peake,1953,36x25,Oil,RASE 1954 Cat. No.: 35
R36,Prosper Devas,1953,Oil,RASE 1954 Cat. No.: 134
R37,Miss Sylvia Darley,1953,Oil,RASE 1954 Cat. No.: 233
R38,The Rev John Shirley,1953,Oil,RASE 1954 Cat. No.: 289
R39,Wendy and Pam,1953,Oil,RASE 1954 Cat. No.: 284
R40,Merida Gascoigne,1954,36x28,Oil,RASE 1955 Cat. No.: 156
R41,At the Couturier,1954,35x24,Oil,RASE 1955 Cat. No.: 58
R42,Bridget Assheton,1954,Oil,RASE 1955 Cat. No.: 294
R43,Stanley Robinson Keeper of Coins at BM,1954,Oil,RASE 1955 Cat. No.: 351
R44,Mr and Mrs H S H Guinness,1954,Oil,RASE 1955 Cat. No.: 376
R45,Nude [ seated on bed back to artist ],1954,Oil,RASE 1955 Cat. No.: 473
R46,A Woman at her Dressing Table [ Sylvia Darley],1955,30x25,Oil,RASE 1956 Cat. No.: 48
R47,The Kite Fliers,1955,12x16,Oil,RASE 1956 Cat. No.: 630
R48,Mrs Jane Fawcett and Philippa,1955,Oil,RASE 1956 Cat. No.: 139
R49,H P D Lee Head of Clifton College,1955,Oil,RASE 1956 Cat. No.: 239
R50,Viscountess Hambleden,1955,Oil,RASE 1956 Cat. No.: 505
R51,A Guernsey Garden,1955,Oil,RASE 1956 Cat. No.: 560
R52,Barbara [leaning on a stool],1956,27x10,Oil,RASE 1957 Cat. No.: 16
R53,The Artist's Wife,1956,20x16 ,Oil,RASE 1957 Cat. No.: 98
R54,Isla,1956,Oil,RASE 1957 Cat. No.: 186
R55,Mrs Cecil Woodham-Smith,1956,Oil,RASE 1957 Cat. No.: 236
R56,Mrs Anthony Wagner,1956,Oil,RASE 1957 Cat. No.: 240
R57,Paradise Lost,1956,Oil,RASE 1957 Cat. No.: 405
R58,H M Queen Captain General Hon. Artillery Co,1957,60x40,Oil,RASE 1958 Cat. No.: 137
R59,Deidre,1957,Oil,RASE 1958 Cat. No.: 34
R60,Harald Peake Esq.,1957,Oil,RASE 1958 Cat. No.: 227
R61,Model Resting,1957,Oil,RASE 1958 Cat. No.: 540
R62,One of the Guests,1957,Oil,RASE 1958 Cat. No.: 556
R63,Flowers in a glass vase,1957,Oil,RASE 1958 Cat. No.: 663
R64,Peggy Ashcroft as Imogen,1958,60x40,Oil,RASE 1959 Cat. No.: 601 commissioned for Stratford on Avon
R65,The Artist's Mother,1941,23x19,Oil,RASE 1959 Cat. No.: 14
R66,The Crossword Puzzle,1957,Oil,RASE 1959 Cat. No.: 179
R67,The Card Game,1957,Oil,RASE 1959 Cat. No.: 122
R68,Mrs Dylan Thomas,1943,Oil,RASE 1959 Cat. No.: 330
R69,The Junior,Oil,RASE 1959 Cat. No.: 674

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Sundry Mixed Exhibitions 1931 onwards

Mixed Exhibitions 1931 onwards,
Incomplete information based on press and other data,

MI,Autumn,1931,Mixed Exh: Claridge Gallery 1931
MI,Flowerpiece,1931,Mixed Exh: 10 Young Artists 64 Charlotte Street 1931
MI,Mockbeggar,1931,watercolour,Mixed Exh: Claridge Gallery 1931
MI,News,1931,Mixed Exh: Claridge Gallery 1931
MI,Nude,1931,Mixed Exh: Claridge Gallery 1931
MI,The Ballet,1931,Mixed Exh: Claridge Gallery 1931
MI,The Garden,1931,Mixed Exh: Cooling Galleries 1931
MI,The Piano-Player,1931,Mixed Exh: Claridge Gallery 1931
MI,Willows,1931,Mixed Exh: Claridge Gallery 1931
MI,Daphne Charlton,1934,Oil,Exh: NEAC
MI,Irina [Nude],1935,Oil,exh: RBA
MI,Waterlilies,1935,Oil,exh: London Group
MI,Nicolette in Fur Hat and Brown Coat,1936,Oil,Exh: Redfern Gallery Jan 1937
MI,The Beach at Honfleur,1936,Mixed Exh: Nicholson Gallery 1937
MI,The Artist's Grandmother [Mrs Wilson ],1937,Mixed Exh: United Artists Exhibition at Royal Academy and purchased under Chantrey Bequest
MI,The poetry reading,1938,Wildenstein exhibition Cross Section of British Art
MI,Anne Harriet,1938,Wildenstein exhibition Cross Section of British Art
MI,Lady Daphne Straight,1939,Mixed Exh: Wildenstein 1939
MI,Poetry Reading,1939,Mixed Exh: Wildenstein 1939
MI,Eliza,1939,Mixed Exh: Wildenstein 1939
MI,The Artist's Mother,1939,Mixed Exh: Leicester Galleries 1940
MI,AC2 J C Stanley Clarke,1940,Mixed Exh: Brook Street Art Gallery 1940: in uniform but was it MOI?
MI,Convalescent,1940,Mixed Exh: Storran Gallery 1940
MI,Emma,1940,Mixed Exh: Leger Galleries 1940
MI,Girl in a Lace Blouse,1940,Mixed Exh: Leger Galleries 1940
MI,Mixed Bunch,1940,Lefevre Galleries
MI,Head of Nicolette,1941,Leger
MI,Everlasting Flowers,1942,Mixed Exh: Leger Gallery 1942
MI,Head of a Girl,1942,Mixed Exh: Leicester Galleries 1942 Sold to:
MI,Mother and Child ,1942,Mixed Exh: Leicester Galleries 1942
MI,Mother and Daughter,1942,Mixed Exh: Leicester Galleries 1942 Sold to:

Mrs Dylan Thomas 1942(Tate Gallery), #R4

MI,Mrs Dylan Thomas,1942,Mixed Exh: Leicester Galleries 1942 RA SE 1943 Tate Gallery Collection
MI,Pansies and Sorrel,1942,Mixed Exhibited at Civil Defence Artists 1942 Purchased by the Queen
MI,Portrait of Rupert Shephard,1942,Oil,CEMA
MI,Sleepy Woman,1942,Mixed Exh: Artists' Aid to Russia at Hertford House 1942
MI,Summer Dress,1942,Mixed Exh: Leicester Galleries 1942 Sold to:
MI,The New Baby,1942,Mixed Exh: Leicester Galleries 1942
MI,The Old Lady,1942,Mixed Exh: Leicester Galleries 1942 Sold to:
MI,Barbara Norman,1943,Mixed Exh: Redfern Gallery 1943
MI,Birds of Paradise,1943,Mixed Exh: Redfern Gallery 1943
MI,Dark Haired Girl [Seated nude],1943,Mixed Exh: Leger Gallery 1943
MI,Eliza,1943,NEAC
MI,Emma,1943,Bateson
MI,Everlasting Flowers,1943,Bateson
MI,Rachel,1943,Bateson
MI,Seated Nude,1943,Leger
MI,The Model,1943,Mixed Exh: Leicester Galleries 1943
MI,Charles Tennyson,1944,Mixed Exh: Royal Society of Portrait Painters 1944
MI,The Australian,1944,Mixed Exh: NEAC 1944
MI,Boys with Masks [Esmond seated on sofa with Desmond O'Connor],1945,Mixed Exh: Redfern Gallery 1945
MI,Flowers in a Pink Jug,1945,Mixed Exh: Redfern Gallery 1945
MI,Landscape,1945,Browse Delbanco
MI,The marvellous hat,1946,Oil,NEAC
MI,Harvest,1947,Oil,NEAC
MI,Birds in a hedge (small landscape),1948,NEAC
MI,Flowerpiece,1948,NEAC
MI,View of Tenby,1950,Oil,Wildenstein
MI,Picture of Tenby,1951,Oil,NEAC

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Agnew's Memorial Exhibition 1959
Esmond Sunburnt 1955 #A74

Agnew's,
Anthony Devas Memorial Exhibition November 24-December 19 1959,
Numbering and other information as per catalogue,

A1,At the Couturier [Margaret Philipps ],1955,36x24,Oil,loan: Preston Art Gallery
A2,Afternoon Rest,1953,30x25,Oil,loan: Lady Monson
A3,Miss Silvia Darley,1953,30x25,Oil,loan: T B Darley
A4,Damon de Laszlo,1954,20x23,Oil,loan: Patrick de Laszlo
A5,Hon Mrs Peter Strutt,1954,30x25,Oil,loan: Mrs Peter Strutt
A6,Haute-Couture,1955,32x35,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A7,Miss Merida Gasgoigne,1955,27x20,Oil,loan: Mrs Andrew Gascoigne
A8,Aero Girl Joan,1953,15x11,Oil,loan: Rowntree & Co
A9,Aero Girl Medusa,1953,16x12,Oil,loan: Rowntree & Co
A10,Aero Girl The Scots Girl,1953,19x15,Oil,loan: Rowntree & Co
A11,Among the other Guests,1957,30x20,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Wagner
A12,Robert Kitchener,1934,22x16,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A13,Interior at Burvale,1932,21x28,Oil,loan: Augustus John
A14,Lady Diana Finch-Hatton,1934,20x13,Oil,loan: Lady Diana Tiarks
A15,Anthony Ayscough,1933,30x25,Oil,loan: Major W B Henderson
A16,Miss Felicity Palmer,1934,22x16,Oil,loan: Hon Arnold Palmer
A17,Lord & Lady David Cecil,1937,20x18,Oil,loan: Lord David Cecil
A18,Miss Flora Robson,1934,24x18,Oil,loan: Miss Flora Robson
A19,Iris [O'Callaghan Westrop],1935,20x14,Oil,loan: Dr H A C Gregory
A20,Eliza,1939,16x13,Oil,loan: Lady Robertson
A21,Christmas with the Johns,1940,30x20,Oil,loan: Arthur Duckworth
A22,Mrs Marnie Graham,1939,15x12,Oil,loan: J O Stanley-Clarke
A23,Bedtime,1937,17x10,Oil,loan: Lady Robertson
A24,Lord & Lady Hambleden at the opera,1939,36x28,Oil,loan: Viscount Hambleden
A25,Nicolette in a Fur Hat,1939,14x12,Oil,loan: J R Colville
A26,Emma with a towel,1943,17x10,Oil,loan: Humphrey Brooke
A27,The Hair Net,1936,25x30,Oil,loan: J O Stanley-Clarke
A28,Nicolette in Spring Hat,1937,12x10,Oil,loan: Dowager Lady Hambleden
A29,Emma dressed up,1944,17x10,Oil,loan: Derby Art Gallery
A30,The Artist's Grandmother {Mrs Wilson],1939,18x13,Oil,loan: Mrs T G Devas then purchased by Tate Gallery under Chantrey Bequest 1959
A31,Head of Nicolette,1940,10x8,Oil,loan: Arthur Duckworth
A32,The Artist's Mother,1941,24x20,Oil,loan: Mrs T G Devas
A33,Girl in a Lace Blouse,1939,16x13,Oil,loan: Aberdeen Art Gallery
A34,Head of Nicolette,1934,11x9,Oil,loan: Augustus John
A35,Springtime,1943,22x14,Oil,loan: Robin Clifford
A36,Emma in a Red Dressing Gown,1940,18x10,Oil,loan: Mrs James Monahan
A37,The New Baby ,1942,16x20,Oil,loan: Richard Hotopf
A38,Emma in Bed,1941,18x14,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A39,Wilfrid Thesiger,1944,30x25,Oil,loan: Mrs Reginald Astley
A40,Alice Harris,1943,18x14,Oil,Exh: Leicester Galleries 1943 loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A41,The Six O'Clock News,1940,20x30,Oil,loan: Arts Council Exh CEMA Collection at National Gallery 1942
A42,Emma by the Sea,1949,22x14,Oil,loan: Mrs Georgiana Bulteel
A43,Mrs Geoffrey Eley,1946,18x14,Oil,loan: Mrs Geoffrey Eley
A44,Familiarity,1946,16x22,Oil,loan: James Monahan
A45,Miss Cochrane Matron of Charing Cross Hosp,1941,40x30,Oil,loan: Imperial War Museum
A46,Simon,1943,18x14,Oil,loan: Mrs John Faraday
A47,The Country Bunch,1949,16x10,Oil,loan: Lady Monson
A48,Miss Rosamond Lehmann,1945,24x20,Oil,loan: Miss Rosamund Lehmann
A49,Jeremy Phillipps,1942,14x10,Oil,loan: Hon Hanning Phillipps
A50,Wife in Bed,1939,24x20,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A51,Sir Charles Tennyson,1948,20x24,Oil,loan: Sir Charles Tennyson
A52,Mary Gross in Fancy Dress,1946,30x25,Oil,loan: Mrs Dawson Miller
A53,The Marvellous Hat,1945,25x20,Oil,loan: Miss Elizabeth Winn
A54,Laurie Lee and the Children [Emma and Esmond Devas & Eilleen Branston],1949,44x44,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A55,The Nipper ,1945,22x18,Oil,loan: Sir Geofrey Vickers
A56,Count Benckendorff,1951,30x25,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A57,Paul and Nicky Vester,1952,28x25,Oil,loan: Mrs Horatio Vester
A58,Head of Laurie Lee,1944,20x16,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A59,Tenby Sands,1950,16x20,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A60,Camilla and Mark Sykes,1947,20x24,Oil,loan: Mr & Mrs Christopher Sykes
A61,Flowerpiece with books,1949,24x20,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A62,On the Estuary,1958,16x20,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A63,The Ball Dress,1952,53x36,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A64,The Mixed Bunch,1949,24x20,Oil,loan: Miss Geraldine Lawrence
A65,Venice,1954,16x12,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A66,The Artist's Sons in Guernsey [ aka 'The Guernsey Boys' Esmond and Prosper],1955,20x24,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A67,Model in the Studio,1950,27x16,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A68,The Kite Flyers [Sarah Millar & Children],1953,12x16,Oil,loan: Countess of Radnor
A69,Stanley Robinson [with coins] ,1954,36x28,Oil,loan: Mrs Stanley Robinson
A70,Raymond Mathias,1949,14x10,Oil,loan: Anthony Mathias
A71,Mrs William Douglas-Home,1950,16x12,Oil,loan: Mrs William Douglas-Home
A72,Barbara: Nude Standing,1950,20x18,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A73,Miss Susannah Farrant,1949,14x10,Oil,loan: Mrs Farrant
A74,Esmond Sunburnt,1955,14x10,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A75,Stackpoole Quay,1952,8x12,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A76,Sir Alec Guinness,1955,18x14,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A77,Miss Dorothy Tutin,1955,14x14,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A78,Swallows over a Cornfield,1956,9x7,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A79,The Rugmaker,1950,30x25,Oil,loan: Mrs Walter Burmann
A80,Eugene Deckers [in fur coat],1951,22x16,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A81,Guernsey,1955,10x14,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas

The Master Builder [Esmond Devas] 1950 #A82

A82,The Master Builder [Esmond],1950,15x190,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas, also exhibited G25,T14
A83,Visitors to the Studio [Nicolette Esmond and Prosper ],1950,32x24,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A84,Barbara with Hands Crossed,1950,16x22,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A85,Larches and Daffodils,1957,18x14,Oil,loan: Mrs F E B Wignall
A86,Field by the Estuary,1954,10x14,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A87,Prosper in a Duffle Coat,1953,24x20,Oil,loan: Mrs Anthony Devas
A88,Jonathan Mills,1954,18x14,Oil,loan: John Mills

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Agnew's schedule of sold paintings 1959
Haute Couture,1955 #A6)

Following paintings are listed by Agnew's in a statement of sales dated December 1959,

AC1,Bathing Party,Sold for £45
AC2,Flowerpiece,Sold for £150
AC3,Old Man and Sea,Sold for £45
AC4,Guernsey Garden,Sold for £50
AC5,Barbara,Sold for £65
AC6,The Gate,Sold for £45
AC7,Candy Floss,Sold for £100
AC8,Hyrangea Sargentiana,Sold for £125
AC9,Trippers,Sold for £50
AC10,Haute Couture,Sold for £150
AC11,Girl in Olive Grove,Sold for £50
AC12,The Junior,Sold for £100

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Graves Art Gallery Sheffield 1991
Laurie Lee in profile 1950 #R23

Graves Art Gallery Sheffield,
Anthony Devas 1911-1958 : a Family Circle,
17 August -12 October 1991,
Dimensions have been added where available numbering as per catalogue,

G1,Tenby Beach,1952,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G2,Rooftops at Tenby [Lexden Terrace],1952,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G3,Figures on a Beach Tenby,1952,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G4,Beach Games Tenby,1952,10x6,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G5,Winkling at Manorbier,1952,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G6,Beach Scene Tenby,1952,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G7,Candy Floss Tenby,1952,12x10,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G8,Guernsey- Nicolette on Lihou Island,1956,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G9,Beach at Deal,1946,8x11,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G10,St Margaret's Bay,1950,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G11,Vannes Brittany,1950,11x15,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G12,Seaford during the War,1940,8x11,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G13,Cabbage Fields Suffolk,1956,10x14,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G14,The Artist's Mother,1940,24x20,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G15,Nicolette,1941,11x8,Watercolour,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G16,Mrs Alice Harris,1942,17x13,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G17,Mrs Alice Harris,1942,Drawing,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G18,Visitors to the Studio,1950,32x24,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G19,Sunday Morning [Noel and Giana Blakiston],1941,30x24,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G20,Esmond Devas and Desmond O'Connor,1944,24x20,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G21,The Donkey's Head ,1944,16x12,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G22,Nicolette Devas- The Fur Hat,1942,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G23,Nicolette Devas,1940,Oil,loan: Mrs Bridget Marnier
G24,Nicolette [with scarf round her head],1938,22x16,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G25,The Master Builder [Esmond with cards],1950,15x19,oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas, Also exhibited A82,T14
G26,Self Portrait 1958,1958,19x16,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G27,Ruth Drake,1955,12x16,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G28,Interior 6 Markham Square,1941,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G29,Anthony Ayscough,1935,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G30,Tom Carr,1935,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G31,Bridget Marnier,1943,Oil,loan: Mrs Bridget Marnier
G32,A Day in Bed,1940,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G33,Laurie Lee [in profile ],1950,20x15,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G34,Flower Piece,1935,Oil,loan: Mr H Shaw
G35,Flower Study,1935,Oil,loan: Mr H Shaw
G36,Flower Piece,1956,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G37,Nude Study,1935,27x16,Oil,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G38,At the Couturier's (1) ,1950,28x18,Gouache,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
G39,At the Couturier's (2),1950,28x18,Gouache,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas

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Tenby Museum and Picture Gallery 1992

Tenby Museum and Picture Gallery,
April-October 1992,
Anthony Devas- Family and Friends in Tenby 1945-1955,

T1,Visitors to the Studio,1950,32x24,Oil,Also exhibited G18,A83,R26
T2,Nicolette Devas- The Fur Hat,1942,Oil,Also exhibited G23
T3,Beach Games Tenby,1952,10x6,Oil,Also exhibited G4
T4,Candyfloss Tenby,1952,12x10,Oil,Also exhibited G7
TT5,Miss Geraldine Lawrence playing the Piano,1952,Oil,loan: Estate of Miss Geraldine Lawrence
T6,Laurie Lee [in profile ],1950,20x15,Oil,Also exhibited G33
T7,Bathing at Tenby,1952,Oil,Also exhibited G3
T8,Rooftops at Tenby [Lexden Terrace],1952,Oil,Also exhibited G2
T9,Emma at Tenby,1952,Oil,
T10,Prosper with Tenby the Cat at Tenby (1),1955,Drawing,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
T11,Prosper with Tenby the Cat at Tenby (2),1955,Drawing,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
T12,Prawning Scene,1952,Drawing,loan: Estate of Mrs Anthony Devas
T13,Beach Scene Tenby,1952,Oil,Also exhibited G6
T14,The Master Builder [Esmond with cards],1950,15x19,Oil,Also exhibited A82, G25
T15,Wild Flower Arrangement,1955,Oil,
T16,Tenby Town [ from North Cliff],1952,Oil,

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Anthony Devas' Sales ledgers 1931-1958, includes commissioned portraits
Flowers 1956 #G36

Paintings listed in Anthony Devas' Sales Ledgers,
Record is complete except for period April to December 1952 which is missing,
Years refer to accounting year in which they are listed 1950 for fiscal year 1950-1951,
Paintings sold through one man shows e.g. at Leicester Galleries in 1947 are not listed below,

SL,The Willows,1931,Oil,Sold to: Alfred Johnson £12
SL,The Piano Player,1931,Oil,Sold to: Francis Macnamara
SL,Toilet,1931,Oil,Sold to: Christopher Stone
SL,Pierre Maroger,1931,Oil,Sold to: £5
SL,Interior of Burvale,1931,Oil,Sold to: Augustus John 18gns
SL,I hope doesn't sink [seascape],1931,Oil,Sold to: Lord Aldington 12gns
SL,Landscape of Congenies,1931,OIl,Sold to: Lord Aldington 12gns
SL,Landscape Congenies,1931,Oil,Sold to: Clive Branson £25
SL,Nicolette,1933,OIl,Sold to: Frieda Morris £12
SL,Tony Ayscough,1933,OIl,Sold to: Tony Ayscough
SL,Tony Ayscough [ small portrait],1933,Oil,Gift to to Tony Ayscough
SL,Maxwell Morris,1933,Oil,Sold to: Maxwell Morris
SL,Hannibal Trujillo [Dominican Legation],1933,Oil,Sold to:
SL,Mrs Palmer,1933,Oil,Sold to: ? 12gns
SL,Mrs L B Robinson,1933,Oil,Sold to: 20gns
SL,Mrs F Douglas,1934,Oil,Sold to: 25gns
SL,Anthea Hodson,1934,Oil,Sold to: 20gns
SL,Lady Napier,1934,Oil,Sold to: 30gns
SL,Felicity Palmer,1934,Oil,Gift to the Palmers
SL,Flora Robson,1934,Oil,Sold to: 25gns
SL,Betty Devas,1934,Oil,Sold to: ? 15gns
SL,Nicolette,1934,Oil,Sold to: John Macnamara 5gns
SL,Geoffrey Toone,1934,Oil,Sold to: W B Henderson 25gns
SL,Daphne Charlton,1934,Oil,Exh: NEAC
SL,Iris O'Callaghan,1934,Oil,Exh: RP
SL,Marjorie Stewart,1934,Oil,Exh: Coolings
SL,Ennistymon,1934,Watercolour,Sold to: Mrs Alan Napier 2gns
SL,Beach at Waxham,1935,Watercolour,Sold to: Mrs Alan Napier 2gns
SL,Joan Reed,1935,Oil,Sold to: Joan Reed £2
SL,Ipswich Dock,1935,Watercolour,Sold to: Joan Reed £2
SL,Mrs Alan Napier,1935,Oil,Sold to: Mr Alan Napier 12gns
SL,Mrs Graham Bailey,1935,Oil,Sold to: 30gns
SL,Mrs Arthur Duckworth,1935,Oil,Sold to: 40gns
SL,Waterlilies,1935,Oil,exh: London Group
SL,Irina [Nude],1935,Oil,exh: RBA
SL,Ena Borland,1935,Oil,Sold to: £35
SL,Coolings Exhibition,1936,29 Paintings sold see catalogue listing
SL,Anne Byron,1936,Oil,Sold to: 11gns
SL,Sir Malcom Robertson,1936,Oil,Sold to: 30gns
SL,Augustus and Vivien Dancing,1936,Oil,Sold to: Mr Arthur Duckworth £45
SL,Augustus and Vivien dancing [ smaller version],1936,Oil,Sold to: Lord Hambleden 25gns
SL,Lady Diana Finch-Hatton,1936,Oil,Sold to: Countess of Winchelsea £38
SL,Daffodil [daughter],1936,Oil,Sold to: Mr H Cotton Minchin (?) 25gns
SL,Brigit Macnamara,1936,Oil,Sold to: Mr Roy Randall Sold to: 10
SL,Lady Kerr,1936,Oil,Sold to: 60gns
SL,Prudence Coutts,1936,Oil,Sold to: Mr H Weatherall £29
SL,In a box at the theatre,1936,Oil,gift to Anthony Ayscough
SL,Nicolette in a blue hat with yellow flowers,1936,12x10,Oil,Sold to: Lady Hambleden 30gns
SL,Lord and Lady Hambleden in a box at the Opera,1936,Oil,Sold to: Hambleden £63
SL,Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham,1936,Oil,Sold to: £54
SL,Nicolette in Fur Hat and Brown Coat,1936,Oil,Exh: Redfern Gallery Jan 1937
SL,Dog roses,1936,Watercolour,wedding gift to Anne Byron
SL,Viscount Esher,1936,Oil,Sold to: £100
SL,Lady Winchelsea,1937,Oil,Sold to: £60
SL,George son of Sir Alexander Hardinge,1937,Oil,Sold to: £150
SL,Mrs Janson,1937,Oil,Sold to: £60 after commsission to Wildenstein
SL,Charles Janson,1937,Oil,Sold to: £60 after commsission to Wildenstein
SL,Mrs Hudson,1937,Oil,Sold to: £127
SL,Mrs Norman,1937,Oil,Sold to: £120 after commission to Wildenstein
SL,David and Rachel Cecil in small group + portrait of Rachel,1937,Oil,Sold to: £60
SL,Arthur Duckworth,1937,Oil,Sold to: £100
SL,Fitz-Herbert Wright,1937,Oil,Sold to: £120
SL,Sarah Ismay,1937,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Ismay £60
SL,Mrs Ismay,1937,Oil,Sold to: £60 after commission to Wildenstein
SL,Tony Bruce (2 pictures),1937,Oil,Sold to: Robert Harris £20
SL,Lady Daphne Straight,1937,Oil,Sold to: Whitney Straight £60
SL,Margaret Witt,1938,Oil,Sold to: Sir Robert Witt 35gns
SL,Daphne Straight,1938,Oil,Sold to: Lady Winchelsea £67
SL,The poetry reading,1938,Sold to: Wildenstein exhibition Cross Section of British Art £37 for the 2 pictures
SL,Anne Harriet,1938,Sold to: Wildenstein exhibition Cross Section of British Art £37 for the two pictures
SL,Sir Malcom Robertson,1938,Oil,Sold to: £110
SL,Colonel Ismay,1938,Oil,Sold to: £100
SL,Mrs Baker ( Portrait of ? Pippa and Anne),1938,Oil,Sold to: £105
SL,Rosemary Hinchingbroke,1938,Oil,Sold to: £42
SL,Daphne Straight,1938,Oil,Sold to: Lord Winchelsea £100
SL,A Day in Bed,1938,Sold to: through Agnew's to Arthur Duckworth 10gns
SL,The Dancing Class,1938,Watercolour,Sold to: Joan Barker-Mill £8
SL,Earl of Moray's 3 daughters,1939,Oil,Sold to: through Tooths £157 10s
SL,The Maison Tillier ( small landscape),1939,Sold to: Alice Duckworth 10gns
SL,Mrs Stanley-Clarke (small portrait),1939,Oil,Sold to: £35
SL,Mrs Alec Mitchell,1939,Oil,Sold to: through Tooths £112 10s
SL,Mrs Gibson Watt,1939,Oil,Sold to: through Wildenstein £150
SL,B. Stanely Clarke,1939,Oil,Sold to: £30
SL,Eliza,1939,Oil,Sold to: through Wildenstein £8
SL,Emma,1939,Oil,Sold to: through Agnew's £23 4s 2d for the two pictures
SL,The Hurt Child,1939,Oil,Sold to: through Agnew's £23 4s 2d for the two pictures
SL,Anne Baker,1939,Oil,Sold to: £25
SL,The Artist's Grandmother,1940,Oil,Sold to: Chantrey Bequest £20
SL,Mixed Bunch,1940,Sold to: through Lefevre Galleries £7
SL,Zelide ( picture of N),1940,Sold to: through Wildenstein £10 13s 4d
SL,Noel Blakiston,1940,Oil,Sold to: £53 10s
SL,Lady Moray for picture at Academy,1940,Sold to: Lady Moray £25
SL,Rachel,1940,Drawing,Sold to: through Agnew's £3 10s
SL,Maxin (?) Nancy and Belinda,1940,Sold to: Mrs Scott £50
SL,Lady Diana Tiarks,1940,Oil,Sold to: £100
SL,Nude drawing (1),1940,Drawing,Sold to: through Agnew's £5 12s
SL,Nude drawing (2),1940,Drawing,Sold to: through Agnew's £4 4s
SL,Elizabeth Devas,1940,Oil,Sold to: £20
SL,Yda Hazell,1940,Drawing,gift to her and Peter
SL,Emma,1940,Oil,gift to Joan Barker-Mill
SL,Robert Graham,1940,Oil,Sold to: Marne Stanley Clarke £30
SL,Mrs Scott ,1940,Oil,Sold to: £100
SL,Diana Frith,1940,Oil,Sold to: £21
SL,Nude,1940,Drawing,Sold to: through Agnew's £4 4s
SL,Lorna,1940,Sold to: through Agnew's £6 13s 4d
SL,Portrait Eliza,1940,Sold to: through Agnew's £13 6s 8d
SL,Drawing at Leger,1940,Drawing,Sold to: £ 3 10s
SL,Portrait of Nicolette,1940,Sold to: Mrs Barker Mill £15
SL,Emma on Haystack,1940,Sold to: Noel Blakiston £10
SL,Mrs Creswick Atkinson,1941,Oil,Sold to: Ministry of Information 35gns
SL,Evan Pughe,1941,Oil,Sold to: £50
SL,A Morning in Bed,1941,Drawing,Sold to: through Agnew's £4 17s
SL,A Study,1941,Drawing,Sold to: through Leicester Galleries £4 18s
SL,Head of Nicolette,1941,Sold to: through Leger to Arthur Duckworth £15
SL,Nicolette in an interior (22 Markham Square),1941,Oil,Sold to: C R Seymour £20
SL,Girl in a Lace Blouse,1941,Sold to: Aberdeen Art Gallery £16 15s
SL,Alison Pughe ( second portrait),1941,Oil,Sold to: Evan Pughe £25
SL,The Artist's Mother,1941,Oil,Sold to: through Leicester Galleries £26 13s 4d
SL,Sir Clement Hindley,1941,Oil,Sold to: £75
SL,Miss Cochrane ,1941,Oil,Sold to: Ministry of Information 35gns
SL,Sir Clement Hindley's wife,1941,Oil,Sold to: Sir Clement Hindley £35
SL,Jeremy Phillipps,1941,Oil,Sold to: Hanning Phillipps £30
SL,Model reclining,1941,Sold to: through Agnew's 8 gns
SL,Emma Resting,1941,Sold to: through Agnew's 15gns
SL,Emma,1941,Pastel,Sold to: given to Humphrey brooke
SL,Humphrey Brooke,1941,Oil,Sold to: sold through Leicester Galleries £35
SL,Sir Clement Hindley,1941,Oil,Sold to: £35
SL,The Visitor,1941,Oil,Sold to: Michael Dowden £10gns
SL,Portrait of Rupert Shephard,1942,Oil,Sold to: CEMA £21
SL,Esther Darlington,1942,Sold to: 15gns
SL,Girl with Parrot,1942,Sold to: through Agnew's £16 10s for both
SL,Honeymoon,1942,Sold to: through Agnew's £16 10s for both
SL,Caroline,1942,Sold to: Mrs Clay £5 on a/c +5
SL,Edward and 'animals',1942,Sold to: £10
SL,View from Healey House,1942,Sold to: 8gns
SL,Nicolette Emma at Land guard(?),1942,Sold to: Mary Trew 8gns
SL,Mrs Barrie,1942,Oil,Sold to: £108 10s
SL,Children in Orchard,1942,given to artist's mother
SL,Roses,1942,wedding present to Aunt Mary
SL,Emma (backview),1942,Sold to: Miss Wallace Lys(?) £10 15s
SL,Portrait of WRNS,1942,Oil,Sold to: MOI £78 15s
SL,Davidson- three portrait heads,1942,Oil,Sold to: D du B Davidson £90
SL,Elizabeth Balfour,1942,Sold to: Theyre(?) Lee-Elliot £26 5s
SL,Pansies and Sorrell,1942,Sold to: The Queen from CDA £14 5s 8d
SL,Mrs H MacCormack,1942,Oil,Sold to: Mr H MacCormack £42
SL,Patricia Napier,1942,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Alan Napier £42
SL,Children of Mrs Verschoyle,1942,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Verschoyle £55 17s 6d
SL,Drawing ( from photo ),1942,Sold to: Bulteel 15gns
SL,Nancy Borland,1942,Oil,Sold to: Nancy Borland £100
SL,Mrs Laughton Mathews,1942,Oil,Sold to: MOI £75
SL,Painting,1943,exh: Aid to China (?Russia) £ 38 7s 6d
SL,Lady Revelstone,1943,Oil,Sold to: Lord Revelstone £100
SL,Mr Tennyson,1943,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Tennyson £105
SL,Mrs Vaughan-Morgan,1943,Oil,Sold to: Mr Vaughan-Morgan £157 10s
SL,Emma,1943,Exh: Bateson £21
SL,Rachel,1943,Exh: Bateson 15gns
SL,Everlasting Flowers,1943,Exh: Bateson £21
SL,The Model,1943,through Leicester Galleries £35
SL,Mrs Robinson,1943,Oil,Sold to: £150
SL,Seated Nude,1943,through Leger £31 10s
SL,Mrs Galsworthy,1943,Oil,through RSPP £89 5s after commssion
SL,Eliza,1943,NEAC 17gns
SL,Birds of Paradise,1943,through Redfern Gallery £52 10s for 2 pictures
SL,Barbara Norman,1943,through Redfern Gallery £52 10s for 2 pictures

Father Devas SJ, Superior at Farm Street

SL,Father Devas,1943,Oil,Sold to: 100gns
SL,Mrs Harris,1943,through CEMA £4 7s 8d
SL,Wilfrid Thesiger,1943,Oil,purchased by 'War Artists' £26 5s
SL,Pictures,1943,CEMA £9
SL,Mrs E C Barnes,1943,Oil,Sold to: £95
SL,Lord Palmer,1943,Oil,Sold to: £187 10s
SL,Nancy Mellor,1944,Oil,Sold to: £105
SL,Pat Napier,1944,through Leger £28
SL,The Artist's wife and daughter,1944,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Tennyson £130
SL,Margot Erleigh,1944,Oil,Sold to: Violett(?) Melchitt £200
SL,Mrs Burmann,1944,Oil,Sold to: Mr Burmann £126
SL,Boys with masks,1945,Oil,Sold to: through NEAC £51 10s
SL,Mitsotakis(?),1945,Oil,Sold to: £100
SL,Mrs Graham,1945,Oil,Sold to: £200
SL,Tony Mathias,1945,Oil,Sold to: £200
SL,Mrs Dixon,1945,Oil,Sold to: £100
SL,Mr Dyson,1945,Oil,Sold to: £82 10s
SL,Mrs Dixon,1945,Oil,Sold to: £100
SL,Barnes,1945,Oil,Sold to: £115
SL,Baillie,1945,Oil,Sold to: £75
SL,Head of a Girl,1945,Sold to: through Leicester Galleries £17 10s
SL,Painting(s),1945,Oil,Sold to: War Artist's Commission £157 10s
SL,Landscape,1945,Sold to: through Browse Delbanco £35
SL,Lady (Laura ) Dudley,1945,Oil,Sold to: Lord Dudley £210
SL,King Feisal ,1945,Oil,Sold to: Iraqi Royal Family £435
SL,Hugh Vickers [boy],1945,Oil,Sold to: Lady Vickers £100
SL,The marvellous hat,1946,Oil,Sold to: through NEAC £80 16s
SL,Mary Gross in Fancy Dress,1946,Oil,Sold to: £150
SL,Mrs Dawson Miller,1946,Oil,Sold to: £150
SL,Viscountess Cowdray,1946,Oil,Sold to: £250
SL,Lord Cowdray,1946,Oil,Sold to: £125
SL,Lady Rothermere,1946,Oil,Sold to: £262 10s
SL,Familiarity,1946,Oil,Sold to: through Leicester Galleries £38 10s
SL,Dr Simpson,1946,Oil,Sold to: £333 10s
SL,Mrs Dew (?Few),1946,Oil,Sold to: £104
SL,Lord Bagot,1946,Oil,Sold to: £262 10s
SL,Mrs Rollo(?) Hoare,1946,Oil,Sold to: £276 10s
SL,King Feisal ( 2 portraits),1946,Oil,Sold to: £645
SL,Mrs Michael Redgrave,1947,Oil,Sold to: £300
SL,Mrs Michael Beaumont,1947,Oil,Sold to: £525
SL,Mr Crookenden,1947,Oil,Sold to: £210
SL,Serena Robinson,1947,Oil,Sold to: £315
SL,Dr Simon,1947,Oil,Sold to: £118
SL,Harvest,1947,Oil,Sold to: through NEAC £18
SL,Boots(?),1947,Oil,Sold to: £100
SL,Martineau,1947,Oil,Sold to: £105
SL,Sir Lionel Cohen,1947,Oil,Sold to: £315
SL,Sir Lionel Cohen (copy ),1947,Oil,Sold to: £220
SL,Phillips,1947,Oil,Sold to: £59
SL,Spencer [illegible],1948,Oil,Sold to: £225
SL,Otto Schiff,1948,Oil,Sold to: £327 10s
SL,Painting,1948,Oil,Sold to: Bradford Municipal Gallery £90
SL,Miss Lawrence,1948,Oil,Sold to: £62 10s
SL,Nude in RA,1948,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Gray £74
SL,Snowfire(?) Ad(?),1948,Oil,Sold to: £189
SL,B Veal(?),1948,Oil,Sold to: £84
SL,Flowerpiece,1948,Oil,Sold to: Max Oxford £52 10s
SL,Flowerpiece,1948,Sold to: through NEAC £59 19s for two pictures225
SL,Birds in a hedge (small landscape),1948,Sold to: through NEAC £59 19s for two pictures225
SL,Mrs Abel-Smith,1948,Oil,Sold to:
SL,Painting,1948,Sold to: Amalgamated press £26 5s
SL,Springtime,1948,Oil,Sold to: through Island Gallery £37 10s
SL,Brigit Farrant,1948,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Lawrence £157 10s
SL,To EEP from Miss Boys [ sense unclear],1948,Oil,Sold to: £84
SL,Mrs Bultich (duplicate),1948,Oil,Sold to: £80
SL,Felixstowe girl,1948,Oil,Sold to: £120 on a/c
SL,George Seymour,1948,Oil,Sold to: £157 10s
SL,Head of Mary,1949,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Bultiel £126
SL,Mrs Davies,1949,Oil,Sold to: Marylebone Housing Estate £300
SL,Painting [Scott],1949,Oil,Sold to: Mr Scott £350
SL,Susannah Farrant,1949,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Lawrence £100
SL,Painting [Mrs Scott],1949,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Scott £354
SL,Stella Boys,1949,Oil,Sold to: £42
SL,Painting [Morris],1949,Oil,Sold to: Gwyn Morris £157 10s
SL,Daughter of Mr Millar [?Sarah],1949,Oil,Sold to: £250
SL,Mrs Pimlett,1949,Oil,Sold to: through Preston Art Gallery £357
SL,Miss Sneyd-Kinnersley(?),1949,Oil,Sold to: £105
SL,Costa Carras,1949,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Carras (mother) £105
SL,Lady Vestey,1950,Oil,Sold to: £262 10s
SL,Mrs W Smith-Grant,1950,Oil,Sold to: Mrs W Smith-Grant £150
SL,The Picnic,1950,Oil,Sold to: Dr Fall £52 (US$ $150)
SL,Diana Nall,1950,Oil,Sold to: Mr Bagwell £105
SL,Spedan Lewis,1950,Oil,Sold to: £312 7s 6d
SL,Mrs Aspinall,1950,Oil,Sold to: £109
SL,Mr Ling,1950,Oil,Sold to: £104
SL,Gwynn Morris,1950,Oil,Sold to: £105
SL,Robert Laywick(?),1950,Oil,Sold to: £75
SL,Painting [probably head of Aero girl],1950,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £131 5s
SL,Painting,1950,Oil,Sold to: Hulton press £105
SL,Son of Mrs Wishart,1950,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Wishart £94
SL,View of Tenby,1950,Oil,Sold to: through Wildenstein £75
SL,Lady Carew,1950,Oil,Sold to: Major Conolly £157 10s
SL,Pat English,1950,Oil,Sold to: £60
SL,Portraits,1950,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £ 210
SL,Mrs Ophen Lewis' little girl,1950,Oil,Sold to:
SL,Prof Lloyd,1951,Oil,Sold to: £330 15s
SL,Mr Ustonson,1951,Oil,Sold to: £108 10s
SL,Picture of Tenby,1951,Oil,Sold to: through NEAC £38 5s
SL,Painting,1951,Oil,Sold to: Hulton Press £ 105
SL,Lady Denman,1951,Oil,Sold to: £338
SL,Robin,1951,Oil,Sold to: £53
SL,Painting,1951,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £105
SL,Prof Lloyd (replica),1951,Oil,Sold to: £115

Rowntree & Co/JWT purchased many canvases by Anthony Devas in the 1950s for their Aero girl advetisements

SL,Brig Mackeson's daughter,1951,Oil,Sold to: Miss Lucy Scott £109
SL,JWT ( 2 heads),1951,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £210
SL,JWT ,1951,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £210
SL,JWT ,1951,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £157 10s
SL,JWT ,1951,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £52 10s
SL,Painting,1951,Oil,Sold to: Royal Free £290 15s
SL,Family Doctor Magazine,1951,Oil,Sold to: £42 10s
SL,Hultons,1951,Oil,Sold to: £136
SL,JWT ,1951,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £105
SL,JWT ,1951,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £157 10s
SL,Sir George Dyson,1952,Oil,Sold to: £435 Note: some fiscal 1951/52 sales missing
SL,JWT,1952,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £52 10s
SL,Painting(s),1952,Oil,Sold to: through Wildenstein's £236
SL,Fitzwalter Wright,1952,Oil,Sold to: £262 10s
SL,Julius C Holmes,1952,Oil,Sold to: £272
SL,Sir Harry Shackleton,1952,Oil,Sold to: Dr Shackleton £435 10s
SL,Tom Boase,1952,Oil,Sold to: various sums on a/c
SL,Sir Arthur Porritt,1952,Oil,Sold to: £99 12s 2d on a/c
SL,Janie Ironside,1952,Oil,Sold to: JWT £157
SL,Clavering Fison,1953,Oil,Sold to: £543
SL,Miss Cynthia Jackson,1953,Oil,Sold to: £319 5s
SL,Fisher Archbishop of Canterbury,1953,Oil,Sold to: Exeter College Oxford £439
SL,Lord Aldenham,1953,Oil,Sold to: £464 15s
SL,Rev Canon Shirley,1953,Oil,Sold to: £525
SL,Viscount Alanbrooke,1953,Oil,Sold to: Vicars Bros £446 5s
SL,Birdie,1953,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Cazes £164
SL,Darley,1953,Oil,Sold to: Darley on a/c £400
SL,Tilley,1953,Oil,Sold to: Pearl Assurance £5422 10s
SL,Dame Felicity Peake,1953,Oil,Sold to: Harald Peake £630
SL,Lady Fermoy,1953,Oil,Sold to: £236 0s 10d
SL,Anthony Barnes,1954,Oil,Sold to: Barclays Bank £ 599 0s 6d
SL,Sam Guinness,1954,Oil,Sold to: Viking Group £1500
SL,Kramer Marks,1954,Oil,? If commission undertaken
SL,Hulton Press (unused work),1954,Oil,Sold to: £68 5s
SL,Clavering Fison ( 2nd picture),1954,Oil,Sold to: £702
SL,Anthony Barnes,1954,Oil,Sold to: RP £650 4s 3d
SL,Ruth Winner(?),1954,Oil,Sold to: JWT £ 157 10s
SL,Painting,1954,Oil,Sold to: West Wilts Conservative Association £180 on a/c
SL,Mrs Robinson,1954,Oil,Sold to: £525
SL,John Braithwaite,1954,Oil,Sold to: Stock Exchange £767 16s 3d
SL,Mrs d'Abo,1955,Oil,Sold to: £233
SL,Sir Julian Gascoigne,1955,Oil,Sold to: 100
SL,Lord Tollemache,1955,Oil,Sold to: 150
SL,Prince ?ths,1955,Oil,Sold to: £823
SL,Mrs Guinness (reproduction),1955,Sold to: Amalgamated press £102 7s 6d
SL,At the Couturier,1955,Oil,Sold to: Preston £350
SL,Desmond Lee,1955,Oil,Sold to: £577 10s
SL,Lady Tollemache (1),1955,Oil,Sold to: £150
SL,Lady Tollemache (2),1955,Oil,Sold to: £68
SL,James Guinness,1955,Oil,Sold to: £150
SL,P T Chevallier,1955,Oil,Sold to: Fisons £805 10s
SL,Lord Long/Lang(?),1955,Oil,Sold to: Grimston £105
SL,Patricia Hambleden,1955,Oil,Sold to: £200
SL,Robinson,1955,Oil,Sold to: £170
SL,Pongo (Aero Girl),1955,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £171
SL,Collett,1955,Oil,Sold to: through RP £460
SL,Painting(s),1956,Oil,Sold to: RP £334 16s 8d
SL,Lady Hambleden,1956,Sold to: £100
SL,Gerladine,1956,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £183 15s
SL,E Fitzwalter Wright,1956,Oil,Sold to: Butterly Trading Co £525
SL,Mrs F E B Wignall,1956,Sold to: £100
SL,Flowerpiece,1956,Oil,Sold to: F E B Wignall £50
SL,Herne Elliot,1956,Oil,Sold to: £100
SL,The Kite Fliers,1956,Oil,Sold to: Lady Radnor £75
SL,The Guernsey Garden,1956,Oil,Sold to: Dawson Millar £75
SL,Margaret,1956,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £ 183 15s
SL,Copyright,1956,Oil,Sold to: Woman's Journal £189
SL,Lady Caroline Melgund,1956,Oil,Sold to: £329
SL,Miss Fiona Myddleton,1956,Oil,Sold to: £378
SL,Girl at Folkestone,1956,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £183 15s
SL,Mrs Aldrich,1956,Oil,Sold to: £382
SL,Mrs Beazley,1956,Oil,Sold to: Mrs Newton £325
SL,Sir Oliver Simmonds,1956,Oil,Sold to: £343 10s
SL,Stephanie,1956,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £183 15s
SL,Painting,1956,Oil,Sold to: Butterly Trading Co £262 10s
SL,Wagner,1957,Oil,Sold to: £277
SL,Oakes child,1957,Oil,Sold to: Tom Rose £250
SL,Isla [Cameron],1957,Oil,Sold to: John Whelan £100
SL,The Lady Swaythling,1957,Oil,Sold to: Barbara £250
SL,Cecil and Rob's Pictures (?Woodham-Smith),1957,Oil,Sold to: Dawson Millar £1000
SL,Lady Ives,1957,Oil,Sold to: £367 10s
SL,JWT,1957,Oil,Sold to: J Walter Thompson £183 15s
SL,Portrait,1957,Oil,Sold to: Imperial Tobacco £787 10s
SL,Sir Wilfred Anson,1957,Oil,Sold to: £816 10s
SL,Portrait,1957,Oil,Sold to: British Chrome Chemicals £ 766 12s 6d
SL,Walker Munro,1957,Oil,Sold to: £117 10s
SL,John Ehrmann,1957,Oil,Sold to: £200
SL,Portrait,1957,Oil,Sold to: through RP £200
SL,Portrait + Repro rights of H M Queen,1958,Oil,Sold to: through RP £1009 10s
SL,Dame Felicity Peake,1958,Oil,Sold to: £500
SL,H M Queen,1958,Oil,Sold to: through RP £892
SL,Nude,1958,Oil,Sold to: Sir Elsplen £300
SL,Sir Frederick Minter,1958,Oil,Sold to: £300
SL,Mrs Lawrence Marion,1958,Oil,Sold to: £200
SL,Mrs Oscar Yerlrigh(?),1958,Oil,Sold to: £200

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Other Paintings not referenced in any of the above lists

Other Paintings referred to in various sources and not referenced in any of the above lists,

OT,Seated Girl in Studio,1931,24x18,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Standing draped nude,1935,22x11,Drawing,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,The Cameo Necklace [Nicolette],1935,Referred to in Humphrey Brook article country Life August 21 1980
OT,Ennistymon from the Falls Hotel,1937,21x12,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Nicolette in bed [convalescent],1940,18x14,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Nicolette in bed ,1941,10x8,Drawing,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Nude with child,1941,12x13,Drawing,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Seated nude [roof garden Markham Square],1941,18x13,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Nicolette with Esmond,1942,10x7,Drawing,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Nicolette with Esmond,1942,18x11,Drawing,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Three heads of Esmond,1942,11x8,Drawing,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Lavinia Russell [grandchild of Violet Frost],1943,Emma photo Provenance uncertain
OT,Emma with a party hat [child],1947,
OT,Mrs John Faraday,1947,There was a picture of Simon Faraday the son
OT,Autres temps autres moeurs [ Lady Bridget Parsons Mr & Mrs Christopher Sykes Mrs Edward Tennant and Sir Edward Marsh],1949,
OT,Michael Russel [boy with striped sweater],1949,
OT,Girl looking into pool,1950,15x11,Watercolour,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Griselda Kentner ( wife of Louis Kentner ],1950,18x14,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Laurie Lee at violin with children,1950,7x7,Drawing,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Seated nude ,1950,15x9,Drawing,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Esmond as a Cavalier,1951,20x15,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Jonathan Lumley [seated boy],1954,
OT,Mrs Hugo Philipps,1954,
OT,Reclining Nude,1954,17x23,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,The Crib [Boy Prosper],1954,
OT,Head of Girl ,1955,17x14,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Landscape with rocks and sea,1955,12x15,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Model in Green Dress [?],1955,18x14,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Suffolk Fields,1955,10x15,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Flowers in a vase,1956,23x20,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Nude [Wendy Hilton with pony tail ],1956,
OT,Lazarus,1957,10x12,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas
OT,Flowers in Brown Jug,1958,10x8,Oil,Estate of Ms Anthony Devas

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Public Collections

Public Collections,

PC,Camilla Sykes and Mark,1940,34x20,Bradford Art Galleries and Museums
PC,Girl in a Lace Blouse,1940,Aberdeen Municipal Gallery
PC,The Artist's Grandmother,1940,Oil,Chantrey Bequest Purchase Tate Gallery London
PC,Miss Cochrane Matron of Charing Cross Hosp,1941,40x30,Oil,MOI/Imperial War Museum
PC,Mrs Dylan Thomas,1942,Chantrey Bequest Purchase Tate Gallery London
PC,Mrs Laughton Mathews,1942,Oil,MOI/Imperial War Museum
PC,Pansies and Sorrel,1942,Collection of HM the Queen Mother
PC,Portrait of WRNS,1942,Oil,MOI/Imperial War Museum
PC,Emma dressed up,1944,17x10,Oil,Derby Art Gallery
PC,Head of Laurie Lee,1944,20x16,Oil,"on loan to National Portrait Gallery, London"
PC,Painting,1948,Oil,Bradford Art Galleries and Museums
PC,At the Couturier,1955,Oil,Preston Art Gallery

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