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Portrait of Jedediah Strutt Portrait of Jedediah Strutt

Portrait of Jedediah Strutt

Joseph Wright of Derby

Art Funded
1976
Dimensions
127 x 102 cm
Vendor
Agnew's
Portrait of Jedediah Strutt (1726-1797), hosier and cotton manufacturer.

In 1758 the sitter patented the new rib machine for stockings.

Provenance

By descent from Jedediah Strutt to Lord Belper.

Oil on canvas

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Image credit

1 . Portrait of Jedediah Strutt

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