Devis was an accomplished painter of single-figure portraits and “conversation pieces”—informal group portraits of family members or friends. In this painting, Richard Moretan looks up from his book, as if our arrival has interrupted his reading. He and his niece and nephew are painted with crisp precision, surrounded by softly painted, well-manicured parkland. Moretan gestures towards the fish in his niece’s basket, or perhaps at the basket itself—a distinctive object made by Cree Indians in North America.
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