4073385 The Corinthian Maid, 1782-84 (oil on canvas) by Wright of Derby, Joseph (1734-97); 106.3x130.8 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA; (add.info.: According to the Roman historian Pliny the Elder (23/24-79 AD) the first drawing was made by a young Corinthian woman who drew a line around her husband\'s shadow on the wall to keep a memory of him when he went to war. Josiah Wedgwood commissioned this classic legend about the origin of the visual arts.).