Old Masters

Provenance:
John Holland of Ford Hall, Derbyshire (1734 – 1807) by whom left in a life interest to his widow and then in trust to the heirs of his relation Joseph Bilbie; and by descent to
His daughter and sole heiress Mary Anne Bilbie (d. 31^st July 1877)[1], who married 1^st March 1832 Francis Hall, Esq. of Park Hall (co. Nottingham); and by descent to
Her nephew Francis Hall (1856 – 1928) son of her husband’s younger brother, Geoffrey Brock Hall (Park Hall 1807 – 1886 Guelph, Canada); and by descent to
Flora Caroline Hall (nee Hamilton, 1865 – 1939);
Her Estate Sale, being the contents of Rivers Lea, Guelph, Ontario; Ward-Price & Co, Toronto, 23-28 September 1946, lot 718 (Self-Portrait).
Private Canadian collection, acquired from the above sale.
Sold at auction in Toronto, Canada, circa 1980.
Private Collector, lately of Guernsey, acquired at the above sale.

Literature:
W. Bemrose, The Life and Works of Joseph Wright A.R.A., commonly called Wright of Derby, 1885 (a variant of the Self-portrait engraved and reproduced as the frontispiece of the book).
B. Nicolson, Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light, 1968, Self-portrait pp. 22, 134-35, 172 and no. 172, p. 230 (Self-portrait; as untraced, the composition recorded from a copy as fig. 9).
J. Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760 – 1790, London, 2004, pp. 496-97, under no. 4090 (Self-Portrait circa 1785).
E. Barker, ‘Documents relating to Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 – 1797)’, Walpole Society Journal, LXXI, 2009, p. 147, no. 119 (letter to John Holland from Joseph Wright dated 3^rd April 1794).