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John Orde, His Wife, Anne, His Eldest Son, William, and a Servant  1756

by Arthur Devis

From the open door at the right of this painting a servant enters carrying a letter. It is addressed to John Orde (ca. 1704–ca. 1786), a landowner based in Morpeth, in northern England. Orde, seated at the far left, has been reading the Daily Advertiser. Meanwhile, Anne, his second wife, receives the gift of a pheasant from her stepson William. On the wall behind them are ...
Size: 
37 x 37 7/8 inches (94 x 96.2 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Public Domain, Courtesy of the Yale Center for British Art