Joseph Wright of Derby 1734-1797
A Village on Fire, 1794
signed with initials and dated ‘I.W. P. 1794’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
27 ¾ x 39 inches (70.4 x 99 cm)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, circa 1794, by Thomas Norris of Manchester
His sale, James Wright, Liverpool, 16 March 1804, lot 40, as ‘A Village on Fire – Scene in Holland – allowed to be one of his truest representations of that element’, sold for £96
Private collection, United Kingdom
Unknown auction, England, circa 1950, lot 65, as ‘P.J. De Loutherbourg, R.A. – Coalbrooke at Night, in 1801’
Private collection, France, until 2020
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