Exhibitions:

Title: Wright of Derby
Venue: Tate Gallery
Dates: from 06/06/1990 to 06/06/1990
Title: Wright of Derby: From the Shadows
Venue: National Gallery
Dates: from 07/11/2025 to 01/11/2026
Title: Loan Exhibition of Works by Joseph Wright A.R.A. of Derby
Venue: Graves' Galleries
Dates: from 06/06/2026 to 06/06/2026

Related People

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

A Girl Reading A Letter With An Old Man Reading Over Her Shoulder

Date: 1767-1770

Medium: Oil on canvas.

Object Type:	Painting
Dimensions:	Frame: 1090 × 889 × 90 mm (42 15/16 × 35 × 3 9/16 in.) Support: 915 × 712 mm (36 × 28 1/16 in.)
Provenance:	Listed in Wright's Account Book as ‘A Girl with a Letter & its Companion Boy [illegible] for my friend Coltman’ (Thomas Coltman); thence by descent to the present owner, by whom lent to Derby Museums on a long-term arrangement from 2023.
Viewing Status:	Contact Us
Item Ref:	L2023-1/2