Joseph Wright of Derby
The Corinthian Maid
c. 1783-84106.3 x 130.8 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Paul Mellon Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 590
Provenance
Painted for Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), Etruria, Staffordshire
John Greaves (born 1793), Irlam Hall, near Manchester, by 1831
Charles Meigh, Grove House, Shelton, Staffordshire
sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 21-22 June 1850, 1st day, nr. 108, bought in
anonymous [Meigh] sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, 18 June 1859, nr. 202
purchased by John Bentley, Esq. (1797-1879), Birch House, near Bolton, Lancashire, and Portland Place, London
his estate
sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 15 May 1886, nr. 72
purchased by McLean
William Bemrose
by descent to Colonel W. Wright-Bemrose, Littleover Hill, Derby
A. Ralph Robotham, The White House, Darley Abbey, Derby, by 1947
sold to Gooden & Fox, Ltd., London
purchased August 1962 by Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia
gift 1983 to NGA
Other works by Joseph Wright of Derby
The Old Man and Death
Portrait of a Woman
Sir Richard Arkwright
c.1783-1785
c.1783-1785
Portrait of Thomas Oldknow
View of Nemi Lake at Sunset
1790
1790