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An Iron Forge (© Tate)
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© Tate

An Iron Forge

Artist: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797)

Location: Tate

Date: 1772

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 122 x 132 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £125,000 (Total: £2,243,000; tax remission)

Vendor: Lord Romsey (through Sotheby's)

Review number: 3802 (1992)

Provenance:
Sold by the artist to Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston; by edscent to Lord Romsey.

Description:
Signed and dated 1772.

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