LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

30.24 in. (76.80 cm.) (height) by 25.12 in. (63.80 cm.) (width)

Literature:

To be included with a reproduction in the forthcoming book by Dr Matthew Craske, Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Darkness, due for publication by Yale University Press in 2020. 

Provenance:

Probably the artist’s studio sale, London, Christie’s, 6 May 1801, lot 29 (as ‘Study of a Beggar’), for 6 guineas to Borrow; ; Richard Arkwright, Jnr. (1755–1843), Mark Hall, Essex;; By descent to his sixth son, the Rev. Joseph Arkwright (1791–1864), at Mark Hall, Essex;; By descent to his fourth son, Loftus Wigram Arkwright (1829–1889), at Mark Hall, Essex;; By descent to his son, Loftus Joseph Wigram Arkwright (1866–1950), at Mark Hall, Essex;; By whom sold (‘Mark Hall, Harlow, Essex’ sale), on the premises, Alfred Savill & Son, 29 – 31 March 1943, lot 619 (as Bol) for 30½ guineas;; Private collection, UK, until acquired by the present owner.