Study of a man, head and shoulders only, facing left. He wears a neck stock, with a horizontal stripe running through it, and his hair or wig is curled and hangs loosely, below his shoulders. A horizontal fold line runs across the sheet and the centre of the subject's face. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797). Black and white chalk on blue paper, in cream window mount.

Exhibitions:

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997

Publications

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

Related People

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

Study of a Man

Date: c. 1751

Medium: black and white chalk on blue paper

Object Type:	drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 451 × 286 mm (17 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Description:	Original source for study unknown. Leger Galleries noted that the study might have been taken after a print by John Hayls or Greenhill (DM archives, 1996). Charles Nugent (then Curator of Drawings and Watercolours at the Whitworth Art Gallery), in correspondence with Jane Wallis from 1997-8 (DM archive) noted the similarity between this study and one in the Whitworth Art Gallery (D.1926.210), and suggested that they may both have been made by Wright. Jane Wallis and David Fraser noted the difference in handling between the two, however. Certainly, it appears the two studies are taken from the same, as yet unknown, source. a photograph of the Whitworth drawing appears in the artist boxes at the NPG archive, where it is labelled as 'School of Kneller'. [LB: 2024]
Provenance:	Purchased from David Posnett, Leger Galleries Ltd., 1996.
Viewing Status:	Contact Us
Item Ref:	1996-1/26