# Study of a Boy Reading

- By: Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734 - 1797)
- Date: about 1766
- Medium: Grisaille pastel with touches of black chalk, on blue paper
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Unframed: 45 × 31.5 cm (17 11/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
- Culture: British
- Credit line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Museum: [J. Paul Getty Museum](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/114VF7)
- Rights: [CC0. Digital image courtesy of Getty's Open Content Program](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/c2a1ef03-5cc8-4a30-8654-b65d8ab7a802/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)