After Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A., 1734-1797

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Description

Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A.
The dead soldier
oil on canvas
61x80cm.; 24x31½in.

Provenance

By descent in the Inglefield family

Exhibited

Derby Corporation Art Gallery, Bi-Centenary Exhibition of the Works of Wright of Derby, 1934 (lent by G. Inglefield)

Catalogue Note

The present work derives from a larger composition by Wright which was last recorded in the collection of James Ricau (see Benedict Nicolson, Joseph Wright, Painter of Light, 1968. cat.no.240).