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Collection of drawings

Joseph Wright of Derby

Art Funded
1995
Vendor
Leger Galleries
82 sheets, some recto and verso, consisting of 94 drawings in total.

The collection includes : 57 sheets by Wright and 25 sheets originating in the studio of Allan Ramsay, dating from the 1740's, which were in the possession of Wright by the mid 1750's.

Chalk on paper

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Arkwright's Cotton Mills, by Day and Willersley Castle, by Day
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Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight
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Two pieces of creamware
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The Wood Children
 Acquired 1934
The Independence of Poland & Charcoal Sketches
 Acquired 1949
The Blacksmith's Shop
 Acquired 1979
Study of Woman
 Acquired 2001
Study of Woman
 Acquired 2001
Shield & Cherub's Head
 Acquired 1931
Shepherd
 Acquired 2001
Set of ten views of Derbyshire
 Acquired 1986
Self-portrait of Joseph Wright of Derby
 Acquired 1985
Self Portrait in Black Feathered Hat
 Acquired 1952
Seated Musicians
 Acquired 2001
Romeo and Juliet
 Acquired 1981
Portrait of Richard Arkwright Junior with his Wife Mary and Daughter Anne
 Acquired 2003
Portrait of Rev D'Ewes Coke, his wife Hannah, & Daniel Parker Coke, MP
 Acquired 1965
Portrait of Jedediah Strutt
 Acquired 1976
Portrait of Erasmus Darwin
 Acquired 1955
Porcelain vase
 Acquired 2003
Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of his Ancestors
 Acquired 1937
Maria and Her Dog Silvio
 Acquired 1925
Mantel clock
 Acquired 1992
Loving cup
 Acquired 1998
Landscape
 Acquired 2001
Lady Elizabeth Foster
 Acquired 1955
Highlight Through Trees
 Acquired 2009
Girl Seated at a Table Sewing
 Acquired 1955
Four Derby Porcelain pattern books
 Acquired 1998
Folio of drawings by and associated with Joseph Wright of Derby
 Acquired 1999
Finger bowl
 Acquired 2003
Du Maurier Bequest
 Acquired 1934
Dessert plate & print
 Acquired 2004
Derby Porcelain King of Prussia Mug
 Acquired 2001
Derby from a Field adjoining Abbey Barns
 Acquired 2004
Derby dessert dish
 Acquired 1992
Dance of Forms
 Acquired 2001
Costume for Judith
 Acquired 1932
Collection of drawings
 Acquired 1995
Collection of Derby, Worcester and Sevres Porcelain
 Acquired 1955
Chestnut Bowl and cover
 Acquired 1995
Bridge Over the River at Dumfries & Ruins at St Andrew's
 Acquired 1939
Bough pot
 Acquired 2002
Belisarius Receiving Alms
 Acquired 1981
Becket Street, Derby
 Acquired 1994
Aureus of the Roman Emperor Carausius
 Acquired 2009
An Earth Stopper on the Banks of the Derwent
 Acquired 1955
A Prospect of the City of Derby
 Acquired 2005
A Head
 Acquired 2001
A Derby Bough Pot
 Acquired 1983
A Cottage in Needwood Forest
 Acquired 1974
5 Drawings
 Acquired 2001
25 pieces of porcelain
 Acquired 1921
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