Study of a Lady, Full-length Holding a Basket of Flowers. Black and white chalk on blue paper. Christie's felt this drawing was close to an Allan Ramsay composition, although the posy basket appears more often as a Hudson studio motif, for example the portrait of the Thistlethwayte Family, c1757-8. Wright used this motif in his portrait of Elizabeth Carver, 1760 and Rebecca Cracroft, 1760.

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  • Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)

    Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797

    Nationality: British

    Biography: Artist.

Study of a Lady, Full-length Holding a Basket of Flowers

Medium: Black and white chalks on blue paper, faded to buff.

Object Type:Drawing
Dimensions:Support: 280 × 140 mm (11 × 5 1/2 in.)
Description:Study of a Lady, Full-length Holding a Basket of Flowers
Inscriptions:Illegible inscription, crossed through, to lower left
Provenance:Purchased from Christie's, 1998.
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Item Ref:1999-76/27
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