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AT-00009183Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote
About the Artwork
Assuming a relaxed but commanding pose, Colonel Charles Heathcote (1734–1797) stands beside a large oak tree in the foreground of an expansive landscape. He wears military dress, the single epaulette on his right shoulder designating his rank as colonel. Wright’s composition demonstrates his new-found fascination with landscape: while the figure is relatively smoothly painted, the landscape is painted far more energetically, using thickly applied daubs of color.
Provenance
c. 1771-2 - 1985: Colonel Charles Heathcote (1730–1803) and by descent (Christie's, London, April 26, 1985, no. 113) Private Collection, USA 1997: (Sotheby's, London, November 12, 1997, no. 69) 1999: (Sotheby's, London, June 8, 1999, no. 13) 2011: (Christie's, New York, January 26, 2011, no. 35) 2011 - 2017: Private Collection 2017: (Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., London, from whom purchased by the Cleveland Museum of Art) 2017-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018). British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734–1797)
- Date
- c. 1771–72
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 127 x 100 cm (50 x 39 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 2017.100
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