Called Mrs Siddons as 'Rosalind' (after Master Thomas Haden as 'Edwin' from Dr Beattie's 'Minstrel'...

Joseph Wright of Derby, ARA (Derby 1734 - Derby 1797). Oil painting on panel, Called Mrs Siddons as 'Rosalind' (after Master Thomas Haden as 'Edwin' from Dr Beattie's 'Minstrel' by Wright of Derby) by Joseph Wright of Derby, ARA, (Derby 1734 - Derby 1797), inscribed on reverse by Henry Irving stating that the picture was given to H. Irving by Miss C. Gretta Morritt of Rokeby, Barnard Castle on 8th July 1893, and given by him to Ellen Terry. (Pencil note 'Incorrect - related picture. This is a copy of Edwin (from Dr James Beattie's 'Minstrel, or the Progress of Genius', 1774), which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1778 and which now belongs to Lady Cynthia Colville'). (Further hand written note attached to inventory card states 'The sketch by Joseph Wright of Derby. I have an engraving of this picture by Seymour Halan on which it is described as a portrait of Haydon's grandfather). Smallhythe Place, Kent (Accredited Museum)