ID 794903
Lot 220 | JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY, A.R.A. (DERBY 1734-1797)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
Portrait of Richard Ellison (1722-1797), three-quarter-length, in a claret coat; and Portrait of Esther Ellison, née Walker (1726-1813), three-quarter-length, in a blue dress
oil on canvas
501/2 x 401/4 in. (128.1 x 102.2 cm.)
the first inscribed 'Richard Ellison / -of- / Sudbrooke Holme/ born.1722.- died 1797.' (upper right); the second inscribed 'Esther, Wife of Richard Ellison. / Dau:& Co-heiress of / Henry Walker of Whitby. / born, 1726.- died, 1813.' (upper right)
a pair
| Artist: | Joseph Wright (1734 - 1797) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Joseph Wright (1734 - 1797) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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