Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Centenary of Derby Museums and Art Gallery
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/04/1979 to 21/07/1979
Title: Drawings by Joseph Wright of Derby
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 31/03/1990 to 22/04/1990
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Wallis, Jane
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997
Title: A Sentimental Journey: Joseph Wright in Italy, 1773-1775
Venue: Pickford's House Museum, Derby
Dates: from 01/06/2010 to 05/09/2010

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.
Author: Wallis, Jane
Published Place: Derby
Published Year: 1997

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

Study of 'The Dead Asiatic', after the Antique

Date: 1.10.1774

Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on laid paper, toned with grey-blue wash.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 359 × 543 mm (14 1/8 × 21 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on recto, to lower left (handwritten in ink): 'Lungara Octr. 1st 74' and to top right (handwritten in ink) a illegible number, perhaps '3'?
Provenance:	William Bemrose of Derby; by descent to his son Charles Lloyd Bemrose(?), by whom donated to Derby Museums in 1914.
Viewing Status:	Contact Us
Item Ref:	1914-517/20