Publications

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light
Sub-Title: Volume 1
Volume: 1
Author: Benedict Nicolson
Published Place: London
Copyright: Benedict Nicolson, 1968
Published Year: 1968
Title: Edward Miller, Organist of Doncaster: His Life and Times
Author: Frederick Fowler
Published Place: Doncaster
Published Year: 1979

Related People

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

Edward Miller

Date: c. 1760

Medium: Oil on canvas.

Object Type:	Painting
Dimensions:	Frame: 834 × 961 × 65 mm (32 13/16 × 37 13/16 × 2 9/16 in.) Support: 760 × 620 mm (29 15/16 × 24 7/16 in.)
Provenance:	Possibly the following entry in Wright's Account Book: 'Copy of M..r Miller Pd X- £2. 2. 0.'; Dr Edward Miller (1735-1807); bequeathed to his widow Margaret Miller, nee Edwards (1750-1838); thereafter presumably by descent to his great great granddaughter, Mary Blanche Mason-Macfarlane (1865-1951); her son, Frank Noel Mason-Macfarlane (1889-1953); his daughter, Mona Islay Mason-Macfarlane (b 1922); her son, Paul Michael Hall; by descent; presented to Derby Museums by members of the Hall family in 2025.
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