Lot 1663
JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY, ARA (1734-1797)
PORTRAIT OF BARBARA, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND CATHERINE TATTON (c.1706-1776)
Half length, seated, wearing a dark pink dress with ivory shawl and lace bonnet, oil on canvas
74.5 x 61.5cm.
* Barbara Tatton was a daughter of William Tatton and therefore John Stafford's sister-in-law (see previous lot). She was born and lived in Macclesfield. Stafford was a major patron of Wright, commissioning a portrait of his son, William Tatton and daughters, including the fine portrait of Penelope Stafford (Derby Museum and Art Gallery). The latter was also commissioned in Liverpool in 1769 and it may be that Stafford's sister-in-law, Barbara, sat to Wright at that time.
