The Port of Newton, Glamorgan

Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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Two men are using a wooden box trap to catch rabbits in the sand dunes near the once flourishing port of Newton, Glamorganshire. Born in Preston, the step-brother of the portraitist Arthur Devis, the artist worked as a topographical painter, primarily in watercolour.
Title

The Port of Newton, Glamorgan

Date

1768

Medium

oil on board

Measurements

H 34.9 x W 58.4 cm

Accession number

NMW A 425

Acquisition method

purchased from a private collection, 1936

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed and dated on back: Ant.y Devis 1768 Painted inscription on back: "The Port of Newton, Glamorganshire. Ant.y Devis 1768"

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