Three Children of Richard Arkwright with a goat is a 1791 portrait painting by the British artist Joseph Wright of Derby.Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution 1760-1830. Harry N. Abrams, 2007. p.204Burke p.17 It depicts three of the children of Richard Arkwright junior posing with a goat. They were the grandchildren of the leading industrialist Richard Arkwright and was part of a series of paintings commissioned to depict the family. A companion piece was produced with their three elder brothers posing with a kite.Citizens and Kings: Portraits in the Age of Revolution 1760-1830. Harry N. Abrams, 2007. p.396 In a private collection todau, it has been on a long-term loan to the Tate Britain in Pimlico since 2007.https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/wright-three-children-of-richard-arkwright-with-a-goat-l02751
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