Wright, Joseph, 'Two Boys Fighting Over a Bladder', c.1767-70, oil on canvas, gilded frame.

Exhibitions:

Title: Wright of Derby
Venue: Tate Gallery, London
Dates: from to
Title: Wright of Derby: From the Shadows
Venue: National Gallery, London
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, London
Dates: from 22/07/2026 to 22/07/2026

Related People

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

Two Boys Fighting Over a Bladder

Date: 1767-1770

Medium: Oil on canvas.

Object Type:	Painting
Dimensions:	Frame: 1090 × 887 × 90 mm (42 15/16 × 34 15/16 × 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.
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Item Ref:	L2023-1/1