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Wright, Joseph,
Portrait group -- Family
Portrait male -- Wright, Joseph
Portrait male -- Wright, Joseph
Portrait female -- Wright, Joseph, Mrs. (Sarah)
Portrait female -- Wright, Sarah,
Portrait female -- Wright, Harriet
Portrait male -- Wright, Joseph
Painting
The Wright Family, (painting).
Artist:
Wright, Joseph, 1756-1793, painter.
Title:
The Wright Family, (painting).
Dates:
1793.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
37 1/2 x 32 in. (95.3 x 81.3 cm).
Description:
An unfinished portrait of the artist and his family, showing Joseph Wright on the left gesturing toward his wife Sarah seated on a red settee, with a baby in her arms, and the other two children seated on the floor around her. In the background there is red drapery and an arched doorway leading to a landscape.
Subject:
Portrait group -- Family
Portrait male -- Wright, Joseph -- Full length
Portrait male -- Wright, Joseph -- Self Portrait
Portrait female -- Wright, Joseph, Mrs. (Sarah) -- Full length
Portrait female -- Wright, Sarah, -- Child
Portrait female -- Wright, Harriet -- Child
Portrait male -- Wright, Joseph -- Child
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 Accession Number: 1886.5
Provenance:
Gift of Clarke, Edward S.,
References:
Owner, 1974.
"Carolina Charter tercentenary exhibition," Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1963, pg. 75.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005: 200 Years of Excellence," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 89.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005: 200 Years of Excellence," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 89.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 46120725
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Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
46120725
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