Portrait of Richard Ellison (1722-1797), three-quarter-length, in a claret coat; and Portrait of Esther Ellison, née Walker (1726-1813), three-quarter-length, in a blue dress

JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY, A.R.A. (DERBY 1734-1797) Portrait of Richard Ellison (1722-1797), three-quarter-length, in a claret coat; and Portrait of Esther Ellison, née Walker (1726-1813), three-quarter-length, in a blue dress oil on canvas 50 1⁄2 x 40 1⁄4 in. (128.1 x 102.2 cm.) (2)the first inscribed 'Richard Ellison / -of- / Sudbrooke Holme/ born.1722.- died 1797.' (upper right); the second inscribed 'Esther, Wife of Richard Ellison. / Dau:& Co-heiress of / Henry Walker of Whitby. / born, 1726.- died, 1813.' (upper right) a pair