id:			302209
accession number:	2017.100
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.100
updated:		2025-10-07 11:18:22.396000

Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote, c. 1771–72. Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734–1797). Oil on canvas; 127 x 100 cm (50 x 39 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2017.100

title:				Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote
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creation date:			c. 1771–72
creation date earliest:		1771
creation date latest:		1772
current location:		203A British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	England
technique:	Oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - British before 1800
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734–1797)  - artist

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measurements: 127 x 100 cm (50 x 39 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Recent Acquisitions
	opening date:   2018-03-17T04:00:00
	<i>Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).

	title:		British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)
	opening date:   2020-06-30T04:00:00
	<i>British Gallery Reinstallation  (June 2020)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Recent Acquisitions 2014-2017. </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 17, 2018 - June 6, 2018)', 'opening_date': '2018-03-17T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Colonel Charles Heathcote (1730–1803) and by descent
	date: c. 1771-2 - 1985
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	(Christie's, London, April 26, 1985, no. 113)
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	Private Collection, USA
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	(Sotheby's, London, November 12, 1997, no. 69)
	date: 1997
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	(Sotheby's, London, June 8, 1999, no. 13)
	date: 1999
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	(Christie's, New York, January 26, 2011, no. 35)
	date: 2011
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	Private Collection
	date: 2011 - 2017
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	(Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., London, from whom purchased by the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2017
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2017-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Bemrose, William, W. Cosmo Monkhouse, and Francis Seymour Haden. <em>The Life and Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., Commonly Called "Wright of Derby"</em>. London, 1885.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 120
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	Nicolson, Benedict. <em>Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light.</em> London: Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art; Routledge and K. Paul, 1968.
	page number: 	Mentioned: vol. 1, pp. 17, 36 and 203 (no. 79); Reproduced: vol. 2, pl. 115
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	Egerton, Judy. In <em>Wright of Derby, </em>p. 75 (under no. 31). Exh. cat. London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1990.
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	Egerton, Judy. <em>National Gallery Catalogues: The British School</em> . London: National Gallery Publications, 2000.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 347
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	Wright, Amina. In <em>Joseph Wright of Derby: Bath and Beyond</em>. Exh. cat. Bath: The Holburne Museum, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 45
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	Faroult, Guillaume. <em>De Gainsborough à Turner: l'âge d'or du paysage et du portrait anglais dans les collections du musée du Louvre</em>. Exh. cat. Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie de Valence, and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, in association with Milan: Silvana, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 146 (under no. 33)
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	Masterpiece London (Art fair) London, England) (2018 : Masterpiece London 2018 Magazine. London: Apollo, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 30
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	Wieseman, Marjorie E. and Korkow, Cory. "Acquisition Highlights. European Painting and Sculpture, 1500-1800.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>58, no. 2 (March/April 2018): 21-22.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 5, 22; Mentioned: P. 7, 21, 22
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2018-02/page/n1/mode/2up

	"Reimagining the British Galleries: Our curators preview the new look of the space.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 59, no. 6 (November/December 2019): 5-7.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 7.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2019-06/page/n3/mode/2up

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