Title: Wright of Derby
Dates: from 07/02/1990 to 22/04/1990
Title: Wright of Derby
Dates: from 17/05/1990 to 23/07/1990
Title: Wright of Derby
Dates: from 06/09/1990 to 02/12/1990
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby 'the dawn of taste' in Liverpool
Dates: from 17/11/2007 to 24/02/2008
Title: Faces In The Crowd - Joseph Wright And Friends In Georgian Derbyshire
Venue: Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 05/03/2011 to 30/05/2011

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby
Sub-Title: Painter of Light
Volume: 1
Published Place: London
Published Year: 1968

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

A Blacksmith's Shop

Date: 1771

Medium: oil on canvas

Object Type:	painting
Dimensions:	Frame: 1515 x 1265 x 80 mm (59 5/8 x 49 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.) Support: 1257 x 990 mm (49 1/2 x 39 in.)
Inscriptions:	'Jos. Wright Pinxt. / 1771' recto, lower left (along the side of a tool tray on the floor).
Provenance:	Sold to Mr Alexander of Edinburgh for £157.10.0; sold by his executors, Christie's, 31 March 1775; bought by 'Martin' for £65.5.0;...; sale of Richard Price Jones Esq., Christie's, 26 February 1791, where sold for £51.9.0; sale of John Allnutt at Christie's, 19 June 1863, whereupon bought by Graves for £7.7.0; with Robert Hyde Greg before 1875, and thence by descent until purchased from the last owner's executors by Derby Museums in 1979.
Viewing Status:	On Display
Item Ref:	1979-598
Item Ref:	1979-598