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
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light
Sub-Title: Volume 1
Volume: 1
Published Place: London
Copyright: Benedict Nicolson, 1968
Published Year: 1968

Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.

Study of 'Cupid and Psyche', after the Antique

Date: 1774

Medium: Pencil and charcoal on laid paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 460 × 302 mm (18 1/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
Description:	'The pair are 'Eros and Psyche', in the Capitoline, a Roman C2nd AD copy after the original. Wright must have drawn this on March 23rd 1774 as No.39, 'Apollo with lyre' (cat.158), was done in the Capitoline on that day.' [see Wallis, J. 'Joseph Wright of Derby' (1997), p.90.] Note however that No.41, 'Capitoline Venus', was made on 22 March 1774. Wright's numbering system does not appear to follow a chronological pattern, although it is highly probable that this drawing was made on 23 March. [LB: 2024].
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on recto, along pedestal (handwritten pencil): 'Caple Rome 23 - 74' and to top right (handwritten in ink): '40'.
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:	1914-517/62