The Captive, from Sterne

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Maker: Josiah Boydell (British, 1752-1817), after Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734-1797)
Date: 1786
Medium: Black chalk and opaque black and white watercolor, with touches of ochre watercolor, on tan laid paper
Dimensions: 35.5 × 46 cm (14 × 18 1/8 in.)
Place of origin: United Kingdom
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Suzanne Searle Dixon Endowment Fund

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

The museum has published too little about this work for a guide to be written.

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Maker: Josiah Boydell (British, 1752-1817), after Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734-1797)
Date: 1786
Medium: Black chalk and opaque black and white watercolor, with touches of ochre watercolor, on tan laid paper
Dimensions: 35.5 × 46 cm (14 × 18 1/8 in.)
Place of origin: United Kingdom
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Suzanne Searle Dixon Endowment Fund

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0