Joseph Wright of Derby (1766)

This painting is from a pair of portraits depicting 25-year-old Robert Gwillym and his wife of three years, Henrietta Maria Legh Gwillym. They took the surname Atherton from their Herefordshire estate in 1779. As was customary, Robert is shown leaning on an architectural element.

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