Anthony Devis

Anthony Devis (18 March 1729 – 26 April 1816) was an English landscape painter. Anthony Devis was born in Preston, Lancashire. His father's name was also Anthony Devis, who was a carpenter and town councillor in the town. Anthony junior was the older of two sons of his father's second marriage, to Anne Blackburne. His father also had two sons by his first marriage, to Ellin Rauthmell, the older of whom was the portrait painter Arthur Devis. He did not marry.