Date: c. 1753-55
Medium: black and white chalk on blue paper
Exhibitions:
- Title: Joseph Wright of Derby 1734-1797
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997
Publications
- 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.
Published Place: Derby
Published Year: 1997
Related People
John Heath (Content)
Display Date: British, 1703 - 1815
Nationality: British
Biography: Banker; businessman. Son of a tenant farmer in the village of Duffield, a few miles north of Derby. Both he and his younger brother Christopher Heath (c 1718-1815, also painted by Wright, private collection), became important bankers in Derby and played prominent roles in civic life. John was Alderman (1762) then Mayor of Derby (1763-74) and 1772-73. He was also associated with the manufacture of ceramics in Derby, founding the Cockpit Hill pottery with William Butts, Thomas Rivett and Ralph Steane in 1751 and, in 1756, he became a partner with William Duesbury in the Derby Porcelain Factory. For unknown reasons the brothers went bankrupt in 1779, which locally caused a small furore, as Mary Ann Denby, somewhat hysterically, writes in a latter of March-April 1779, 'Our town is filled with moanings and complaints by the failure of Messrs. John and Christopher Heath, bankers, who have involved the whole town and county in ruin!'. [Source: Christie's lot essay, 2003: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4203261 accessed on 12 August 2022]
Wright, Joseph (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: British artist.