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Indian Widow
''Indian Widow'' is a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, completed in late 1783 or early 1784 and first shown in his solo exhibition in London in 1785. The painting is now on display at Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, England.〔(Indian Widow ), Derby City Council, accessed March 2011〕
==Description==
''Indian Widow'' was a title used by the painter, but a longer and more descriptive title also exists, ''The Widow of an Indian Chief Watching the Arms of Her Deceased Husband''. According to Benedict Nicolson, in clothing the figure of the widow, Wright "has fallen back on those well-worn neo-classic draperies which served for any distressed female". Nicolson finds that other details, however, are more authentic: "the form of her head-band, the treatment of the feathers, the quilled cords and knife-sheath, and the buffalo-robe painted on the skin side show knowledge of Indian technology from at least as far West as the upper Great Lakes: this proves that Wright used authentic props".〔Nicolson, p. 148〕 The concept of the Noble Savage, applied to Native Americans, was all the more popular in Britain in the 1780s when Americans of European origin could be regarded as rebels.
In contrast with Wright's paintings of candlelit scenes, here the main figure is seen silhouetted against sunlight and a stormy sky.
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