Sujet

Study of a Boy Reading, about 1766. Creator: Joseph Wright of Derby.

Légende

Study of a Boy Reading, about 1766. Additional Info: This drawing relates to 'A Philosopher giving that lecture on the Orrery, in which a lamp is put in place of the Sun' (Derby Museum), exhibited in 1766; the features of the reading boy in the drawing are extremely similar to those of a boy pictured in the foreground of the painting. The Orrery painting was bought by Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers, and family tradition notes that the boy shown in the foreground was his nephew Laurence Rowland (1757-73), who would have been nine or ten years old at the time. Although not a direct study for the painting (the lighting is different), the identification (and link between painting and drawing) is compelling and has been reinforced in recent publications.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A00_133

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

238,3Mo (8,3Mo) / 63,5cm x 94,0cm / 7502 x 11101 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait England people childhood male boy boys child children head arts country art book concentration reading British English concentrating location century drawing Britain chalk literature concept georgian B&W absorbed head and shoulders pastel black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century portrait Laurence Thomas Wright Rowland Wright Thomas Joseph Wright of Derby Wright Joseph of Derby Wright Joseph of Derby Joseph Wright Wright Joseph Wright of Derby Joseph Heritage Art Drawing L'enfance Artwork Grisaille pastel with touches of black chalk on blue paper Laurence Rowland