Oil painting, 'The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice' after Joseph Wright. 66 x 86.3.; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy); height 26 in, width 34 in; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Graves Gallery 1910 GLAZED
Oil painting, 'The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice' after Joseph Wright. 66 x 86.3.; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy); height 26 in, width 34 in; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Graves Gallery 1910 GLAZED
Oil painting, 'The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice' after Joseph Wright. 66 x 86.3.; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy); height 26 in, width 34 in; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Graves Gallery 1910 GLAZED
Oil painting, 'The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice' after Joseph Wright. 66 x 86.3.; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy); height 26 in, width 34 in; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Graves Gallery 1910 GLAZED
Oil painting, 'The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice' after Joseph Wright. 66 x 86.3.; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy); height 26 in, width 34 in; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Graves Gallery 1910 GLAZED
Oil painting, 'The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice' after Joseph Wright. 66 x 86.3.; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy); height 26 in, width 34 in; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Graves Gallery 1910 GLAZED
Oil painting, 'The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice' after Joseph Wright. 66 x 86.3.; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy); height 26 in, width 34 in; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Graves Gallery 1910 GLAZED
Oil painting, 'The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice' after Joseph Wright. 66 x 86.3.; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy); height 26 in, width 34 in; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Graves Gallery 1910 GLAZED
Oil painting, 'The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice' after Joseph Wright. 66 x 86.3.; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy); height 26 in, width 34 in; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Graves Gallery 1910 GLAZED
Oil painting, 'The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice' after Joseph Wright. 66 x 86.3.; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy); height 26 in, width 34 in; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Graves Gallery 1910 GLAZED
Oil painting, 'The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice' after Joseph Wright. 66 x 86.3.; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy); height 26 in, width 34 in; Oil painting; 'The Dead Soldier'; 26 in x 34 in; Graves Gallery 1910 GLAZED

Exhibitions:

  • 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: Loan Exhibition of Works by Joseph Wright A.R.A. of Derby
    Venue: Graves' Galleries
    Dates: from 16/04/2026 to 16/04/2026

Related People

  • John Langhorne (Association)

    Display Date: British, 1735 - 1779

    Nationality: British

    Biography: Was from 1772 a justice of the peace, and is remembered as a poet for his poem of rural life and suffering, The Country Justice (1774). [From The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature.]

  • Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)

    Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797

    Nationality: British

    Biography: Artist.

The Dead Soldier, from John Langhorne's 'Country Justice'

Date: post 1789

Medium: Oil on canvas.

Object Type:Painting
Dimensions:Frame: 840 × 1035 × 58 mm (33 1/16 × 40 3/4 × 2 5/16 in.)
Description:Nicolson rejects this work as by Wright. Compare to his pl.281 Cat.240, version s/d 1789; c.1789 (or after, if a copy).
Provenance:...; collection of Horatio Cade Simpson (the great-grandson of Joseph Wright); by descent to his son, Reverend Edward Lloyd Simpson, by whom gifted to Derby Museums in 1939.
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Item Ref:1939-859/1
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