Resumen de Mr. Devis and Mr. Bull
Katharine Baetjer, Josephine C. Dobkin
The article discusses the 1747 conversation piece, or group portrait, painting "Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bull," by English artist Arthur Devis. The article offers biographical information on Richard and Mary Bull, focusing on Richard Bull's career as an extra-illustrator. The author traces the life and career of Devis and describes the composition of the painting in comparison to Devis's 1750 portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dashwood. Specific topics addressed include the rococo framing of the portrait in a manner similar to painter Francesco Zuccarelli, the interiors depicted in Devis's portraits, and Bull's extra-illustration of books by James Granger and Horace Walpole.
