Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Centenary of Derby Museums and Art Gallery
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/04/1979 to 21/07/1979
Title: Wright in Italy. Joseph Wright of Derby's Visit Abroad, 1773-5
Venue: Fraser, David
Dates: from 08/08/1987 to 20/09/1987
Title: Drawings by Joseph Wright of Derby
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 31/03/1990 to 22/04/1990
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby 1734 - 1797
Sub-Title: An introduction to the work of Joseph Wright of Derby with a catalogue of drawings held by Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Published on the occasion of an exhibition commemorating the Bicentenary of the artist's death.
Published Place: Derby
Published Year: 1997

Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.
French Academy in Rome (Association)

Study of 'The Wrestlers', after the Antique

Date: 19.5.1774

Medium: Pencil on laid paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 394 × 356 mm (15 1/2 × 14 in.)
Description:	Inscription reveals that the study was made from a sculpture at the French Academy in Rome, which was then based at the Villa Mancini on the Corso.
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on recto, to lower left, along pedestal of sculpture (handwritten in pencil): 'Fr Academy May 19th - 74' and top right (handwritten in ink): '129'.
Provenance:	William Bemrose of Derby; by descent to his son Charles Lloyd Bemrose(?), by whom donated to Derby Museums in 1914.
Viewing Status:	Contact Us
Item Ref:	1914-517/13