Study of a young woman facing left, looking over her shoulder. Her hair is dressed with two loose tendrils falling down her back and shoulder. Inscribed '1751... No. 24' lower left, upside down (handwritten in ink). Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), after an unknown artist (possibly Kneller or Mercier?), 1751. Black and white chalks on blue paper, in cream window mount.

Exhibitions:

  • Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
    Venue: Wallis, Jane
    Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997

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  • Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)

    Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797

    Nationality: British

    Biography: Artist.

Study of a Young Woman, after an unknown source

Date: 1751

Medium: Black and white chalks on blue paper.

Object Type:Drawing
Dimensions:Support: 394 × 305 mm (15 1/2 × 12 in.)
Description:Portrait of a Young Lady, after an Untraced Engraving after Kneller, 1751 Ellen Miles notes that this subject 'looks French - perhaps after a Mercier?' (see correspondence in catalogue file for the DBYMU 1996-1 group of drawings). [LB: 2024]
Inscriptions:'1751... No. 24' lower left, upside down (handwritten in ink).
Provenance:…; with the Stafford family; with Agnew’s in 1991 and 1992; bought by Leger Galleries(?), from whom purchased by Derby Museums in 1995.
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Item Ref:1996-1/92A
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