British and Sporting Pictures

Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A.

(1734 – 1797)

A Cottage on Fire: a moonlit landscape with figures by a burning cottage and the ruins of a castle beyond

signed and dated 1793, lower right
oil on canvas
25 ⅛ x 31 ⅜in. (63.8 x 79.7cm.)

Provenance
Probably commissioned by Mr. N. Philips, 1793 (see below).
Private Collection, Switzerland.