Wright, Joseph of Derby, 1734-1797; Portraits

Scope and Content

Includes:

-letter from Simon Dickinson, Christie's, dated 18 September 1979, concerning portraits of William Herrick and his wife

-letter from William Hood, The Bowes Museum, dated 7 August 1980 concerning portraits of the Rostall family

-letter from Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England, dated 11 September 1958, concerning a portrait of W. Piggott at Doddershall House

-Cummings, Frederick (1971) 'Joseph Wright at the National Gallery', The Art Quarterly, Vol. XXXIV, No.4, 1971, pp475-482

-letter from David Moore-Gwyn, Sotheby's, dated 14 July 1983, concerning a portrait of an unknown man

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