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: 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 'A Child Strangling a Goose', after the Antique

Date: 20.5.1774

Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 305 × 251 mm (12 × 9 7/8 in.)
Description:	The source for this study is a sculpture in the Capitoline Museums in Rome, known as 'A Child Strangling a Goose'. It is a Roman copy of an earlier, Hellenistic, original attributed to the sculptor Boethos of Chalcedon. Inventory number: Scu 713.
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on recto, to lower right (handwritten in ink): 'Caple. May 20 / 74 - '.
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:	1914-517/67