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Joseph Wright (artist) British, 1734 - 1797 The Corinthian Maid, 1782-1784 oil on canvas Overall: 106.3 x 130.8 cm (41 7/8 x 51 1/2 in.) framed: 135.9 x 158.8 x 8.2 cm (53 1/2 x 62 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.) Paul Mellon Collection 1983.1.46 |
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Provenance
Painted for Josiah Wedgwood [1730-1795], Etruria, Staffordshire. John Greaves [b. 1793], Irlam Hall, near Manchester, by 1831.[1] Charles Meigh, Grove House, Shelton, Staffordshire; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 21-22 June 1850, 1st day, no. 108, bought in); (Anon. [Meigh] sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, 18 June 1859, no. 202); purchased by John Bentley [1797-1886], Birch House, Lancashire, and Portland Place, London; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 15 May 1886, no. 72); purchased by (McLean).[2] William Bemrose;[3] by descent to Colonel W. Wright-Bemrose, Littleover Hill, Derby. A. Ralph Robotham, The White House, Darley Abbey, Derby, by 1947;[4] sold to (Gooden & Fox, Ltd., London); purchased August 1962 by Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1983 to NGA.
[1] When Greaves loaned it to the exhibition, Pictures by Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch and English Masters, Royal Manchester Institution, 1831, no. 130. [2] Probably Thomas McLean, London, the dealer, who dissolved his partnership in 1902 and sold his stock at Christie's, 15 November 1902 and 21 November 1903. [3] Author of The Life and Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A. (London, 1885). [4] When it was lent to the exhibition, Joseph Wright of Derby 1734-1797, Derby Museums and Art Gallery; Leicester Museums and Art Gallery, 1947, no. 37.
Associated Names
- Bemrose, William
- Bentley, John
- Gooden & Fox, Ltd.
- Greaves, John
- McLean, Thomas
- Meigh, Charles
- Mellon, Paul, Mr.
- Robotham, A. Ralph
- Wedgwood, Josiah
- Wright-Bemrose, W., Brigadier-General
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