The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75), The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire, 1786

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Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Title:: The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 73 x 60 inches (185.4 x 152.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Signed and dated in black paint, lower right: "I. Wright Pinx^t. 1786"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1981.25.709
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Link to Frame:: B1981.25.709FR
Subject Terms:: art | buckles | coat | conversation piece | couple | cravat | curls | dog (animal) | dress (costume) | fichu | gown | greyhound | hairpiece | hat | man | pencil | portfolio (container) | portrait | ruffles | sash | shawls | trees | trousers | umbrella | woman
Associated People:: Gisborne, Thomas (1758–1846), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Gisborne, Mary (b. 1760)
Access:: Not on view
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1167
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Commissioned by Rev. Thomas Gisborne (1758-1846), Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire, the sitter, from Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), the artist, in 1786; by descent to his son, Thomas Guy Gisborne (1812-1869); by descent to his wife, Emily Wingfield Gisborne (née Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes) (1827-1917);… ; sold by an anonymous owner and purchased by Westmore at Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England, March 26, 1926 (lot 127, ‘Portrait of a Man and a Woman’), in “Old Pictures and Drawings…from Various Sources" [a]; …; acquired by Florence Higinbotham Crane (1870-1949), Crane Estate, Ipswich, MA, by 1931 [1]; sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, July 1, 1950 (lot 1005) [b]; …; acquired by Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London, England, by 1960; purchased by Paul Mellon (1907-1999), 1960; by whom given to the Yale Center for British Art, 1981.

Notes:
[1] From photograph hanging at Crane Estate, where the painting once hung.

Citations:
[a] Christie, Manson & Woods. March 26, 1926. Catalogue of Old Pictures and Drawings, the Property of Sir Miles Stapleton, Bart., of Grey’s, Henley-on-Thames; Old Pictures, the Property of the Late Hon. Mrs. James Byng, also Old Pictures and Drawings from Various Sources. https://worldcat.org/en/title/171361640
[b] Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. July 1, 1950. Castle Hill: important English XVII-XVIII century furniture. https://worldcat.org/en/title/171354557

Joseph Wright of Derby (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990-09-06 - 1990-12-02) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Joseph Wright of Derby (Musée du Louvre, 1990-05-17 - 1990-07-23) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Joseph Wright of Derby (Tate Britain, 1990-02-07 - 1990-04-22) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

A Great Collection of British Pictures in Virginia, The Times (London), , May 1, 1963, p. 5, Times Digital Archive [ORBIS]

William Bemrose, The Life and Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., Commonly Called "Wright of Derby.", Bemrose & sons, London and Derby, 1885, p. 25, Folio A N 86 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Christie's sale catalogue : Catalogue of old pictures and drawings the property of Sir Miles Stapleton, Bart., of Grey's, Henley-on-Thames; old pictures the property of the late Hon. Mrs. James Byng, also old pictures and drawings from various sources : 26 March 1926, Christie's, London, 1926, p. 18, lot 127, Fiche B51 YCBA

Michael Clarke, The tempting prospect, a social history of English watercolours , British Museum Publications, London, 1981, pl. 74, ND28 C53 (YCBA) [YCBA]

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Matthew Craske, Joseph Wright of Derby : Painter of darkness, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, pp. 38-39, fig. 26, NJ18.W95 C72 2020+ (YCBA) [YCBA]

Frederick J. Cummings, Joseph Wright at the National Gallery, Art Quarterly, vol. 34, Winter 1971, p. 477, J10 Ar81 + (LSF) [ORBIS]

Stephen Daniels, Joseph Wright, Tate Publishing, London, 1999, p. 47, no. 35, NJ18 W95 D25 1999 (YCBA) [YCBA]

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Judy Egerton, Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797, Londres, Tate Gallery, 7 fâevrier-22 avril 1990 ; Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 17 mai-23 juillet 1990 ; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 6 septembre-2 dâecembre 1990 , Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1990, p. 152, no. 94, NJ18 W95 +E5414 1990 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]

Judy Egerton, Wright of Derby, Tate Publishing, London, 1990, pp. 223-24, no. 146, NJ18 W95 +E54 1990 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]

Gisborne, Thomas 1758-1846, Dictionary of National Biography, 22, 2004, pp.356-57, DA28 D5 2004 (YCBA) Also Available Online (ORBIS) [YCBA]

Catherine M. Gordon, British paintings Hogarth to Turner, Frederick Warne, London, 1981, p. 78, ND466 G67 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Stephen Leach, Joseph Wright and the final farewell, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2023, p. 183, fig. 13.2, NJ18 W95 L43 2023 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Janice Lingley, Gisborne of the Woods and Forests, , The Kipling Journal, vol. 97, The Kipling Society, London, November 3 2023, p. 34, https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/journal/kj395 [Website]

Benedict Nicolson, Joseph Wright of Derby : Painter of Light, Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, London, New York, 1968, p. 199 (v.1),, cat. 67, pl. 269, NJ18 W95 +N53 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]

Benedict Nicolson, Thomas Gisborne and Wright of Derby, Burlington Magazine, vol. 107,no.743, February 1965, pp. 56, 58-63, N1 B87 + (YCBA) Available online through JStor. [YCBA]

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 135 (v.1), no. 256, pl. 218, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 70 (v.1), no. 253, pl. 72, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 1, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

Michael Rosenthal, The art of Thomas Gainsborough, "a little business for the eye" , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1999, pp. 235-36, pl. 240, NJ18 G16 R67 1999 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Sotheby's sale catalogue : British Paintings 1500-1850 : 9 March 1988, Sotheby's, London, March 9, 1988, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)

Roy C. Strong, The British portrait, 1660-1960, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1991, p. 234, plate 221, ND1314 B743 1991 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Ellis Waterhouse, Dictionary of British 18th Century Painters in Oils and Crayons, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1981, p. 429, ND466 +W38 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]

Alice Winchester, English Conversation Pieces from the Mellon Collection, Antiques, vol. 83, April 1963, p. 444, NK1125 A3 v. 83 OVERSIZE (HAAS) [ORBIS]

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