© Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Portrait of Erasmus Darwin
Artist: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797)
Location: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Date: circa 1792-1793
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 77 x 65 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £95 (Total: £190)
Vendor: Colnaghi
Review number: 1790 (1955)
Provenance:
Violetta Darwin, the sitter's daughter married to Tertius Galton; Francis Galton; by descent in the Galton family; Galton sale 1954.
Description:
Portrait of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), doctor of medicine, poet, scientist, inventor, FRS by the time he was 30, and grandfather of Charles Darwin. Painted after Darwin came to live in Derby after 1780.
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