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

Wright, Joseph (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: British artist.
Ann Borrow (Content)
Display Date: British, died 1799
Nationality: British
Biography: Born c.1721. Daughter of John Alt, Esq., of Loughborough. Married Thomas Borrow of Castlefields , Derby (1710-1786), on 18th April 1757 at All Saints Church, Loughborough. Had issue: Thomas Borrow, later known as Borough (baptised 1759 at St Peter's Church, Derby), and Anna Honora (baptised 1761 at St Peter's Derby, died 1773). Ann was named the sole executrix of her husband's will and inherited the entirety of his real and personal estate. Ann died in 1799 and was buried at St Lawrence Church at Gotham in Nottinghamshire where her son erected a memorial tablet to her.

Ann Borrow

Date: 1762-1763

Medium: oil on canvas

Object Type:	painting
Dimensions:	Frame: 1454 x 1200 x 68 mm (57 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 2 11/16 in.) Support: 1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in.)
Provenance:	Listed in Wright's Account Book (Archives of the National Portrait Gallery) as 'Mrs. Borrow 12.12.0' among pictures of c.1762-65 (page 6v), entry crossed through and listed again (among the same pictures) as 'Mr. and Mrs. Borrow half L., £25.4.'; by descent through the Borrow (later Borough) family of Chetwynd Park, Salop; bequeathed to Derby Museums by Colonel John G. Burton Borough in 1960.
Viewing Status:	On Display
Item Ref:	1961-508/3
Item Ref:	1961-508/3