Title: Wright of Derby: The Bi-centenary Exhibition of Paintings by Joseph Wright
Venue: Derby Corporation Art Gallery
Dates: from 03/09/1934 to 18/11/1934
Title: Pictures by Joseph Wright of Derby
Venue: Graves Art Gallery
Dates: from 17/07/1950 to 27/07/1950
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby
Venue: Norwich Castle Museum
Dates: from 03/01/1959 to 01/02/1959
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734 - 1797
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from to
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: Art of Cricket
Venue: The Fine Art Society
Dates: from 18/07/1983 to 13/08/1983
Title: The New Child: British Art and the Origins of Childhood, 1730 - 1830
Venue: Berkeley Art Museum
Dates: from 23/08/1995 to 19/11/1995
Title: Pictures of Innocence: Portraits of Children from Hogarth to Lawrence
Venue: The Holburne Museum of Art
Dates: from 12/07/2005 to 08/10/2005
Title: Exhibition Held for the Benefit of the Town and County Museum
Dates: from 15/04/2026 to 15/04/2026
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings Arranged by the Arts Council
Venue: Walker Art Gallery
Dates: from 15/04/2026 to

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light
Sub-Title: Volume 1
Volume: 1
Published Place: London
Copyright: Benedict Nicolson, 1968
Published Year: 1968
Title: The New Child: British Art and the Origins of Modern Childhood, 1730-1830
Published Year: 1995
Title: Innocence and Experience: Images of Children in British Art from 1600 to the Present
Published Year: 1992
Title: John Player Art of Cricket
Published Year: 1983
Title: Pictures of Innocence: Portraits of Children from Hogarth to Lawrence
Published Year: 2005

Hugh Wood (Association)
Display Date: British, dates unknown
Nationality: British
Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.
Robert Wood (Content)
Display Date: British, dates unknown
Nationality: British
Reverend John Wood (Content)
Display Date: British, born 1776
Nationality: British
Mary Wood (Content)
Display Date: British, dates unknown
Nationality: British
Mary Wood (Association)

A Conversation of Three of Mr Wood's Children

Date: 1789

Medium: Oil on canvas.

Object Type:	Painting
Dimensions:	Frame: 1918 × 1562 × 120 mm (75 1/2 × 61 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.) Support: 1676 × 1346 mm (66 × 53 in.)
Description:	the children of Hugh and Mary Wood of Swanwick, Derbyshire, 1789; Wright has used the newly popular sport of cricket as a means of introducing a measure of informality in this portrait of the Wood children. Although still 'composed' in a triangular grouping, the preparations for the forthcoming game allow movement and interest.
Inscriptions:	'I. W. P. / 1789' recto, lower left.
Provenance:	Listed in Wright's Account Book as 'A Conversation of 3 of Mr. Woods Children, £84'; with Reverend John Wood in 1843; remained in the Wood family until offered for sale, Christie's, 1 June 1934 (lot 62), but withdrawn by the owner, R. H. Wood; sold by him to Derby Museums in 1934.
Viewing Status:	Contact Us
Item Ref:	1934-499