Date: c. 1770 - 1773
Medium: Pastels on blue paper.
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.
Date: c. 1770 - 1773
Medium: Pastels on blue paper.
| Object Type: | Drawing |
| Dimensions: | Support: 533 × 368 mm (21 × 14 1/2 in.) |
| Provenance: | Not recorded in Wright's Account Book; offered in the post-humous sale of Wright’s friend and patron, John Leigh Philips at Winstanley & Taylor, Manchester, 31 October 1814 (lot 51, as ‘Portrait of himself in fancy dress. Capital’) and purchased by ‘Boulton £4.4.0; …; with William Bemrose, the husband of one of Wright’s direct descendants, by 1883; …; with a client of Frost and Reed of Bristol, from whom purchased by Derby Museums in 1953. Note that this object has an incomplete provenance for the years 1933-1945. |
| Viewing Status: | Contact Us |
| Item Ref: | 1953-186 |