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A Biography of Joseph Wright

Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution Text: Olga Baird Joseph Wright… read more »

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A Cottage on Fire

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas

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A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (1764-1766)

Image:Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797. Oil on Canvas, Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery Public scientific lectures… read more »

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A Philosopher lecturing on the Orrery (1766)

Wright’s painting is a celebration of scientific knowledge and the interpreter of this knowledge, the philosopher. The… read more »

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Belisarius receiving Alms (1775)

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Pen, ink and brown wash over pencil. Image from: Derby Museum & Art… read more »

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Candelabrum, c. 1755-60

Rococo double candelabrum in form of a flowering tree crowned with a nesting bird. The applied flowers… read more »

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Conclusion: Classical Order versus Romantic Nature

Virgil’s Tomb (1782), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas. Derby Museum & Art Gallery. Wright painted several… read more »

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Cottage in Needwood Forest

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

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Darwin, Priestley and Romantic Materialism

Image: Bridge through a Cavern, Moonlight (1791).  Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas. Derby Museum & Art Gallery.… read more »

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Derby Porcelain: André Planche and William Duesbury

Image: Plan of the Town of Derby showing the silk mill and china works in the top right-hand… read more »

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Derby Porcelain: William Duesbury II and Robert Bloor

Image: Old China Works, Derby, showing kilns for firing the porcelain. John Keys, Sketches of Old Derby… read more »

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Detail of Landscape with a Rainbow

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

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East View of Dale Abbey, near Derby

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

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Fire in Rome

Originally called Fire in Rome, this image is probably one of Wright’s drawings of the Girandola firework… read more »

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Floyer and Erasmus Darwin

Image: Joseph Wright (1734-1797), Portrait of Erasmus Darwin (1792). Oil on Canvas. Image from: Wolverhampton Art Gallery Erasmus Darwin, who started… read more »

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Girandola with St Peter’s Rome (1774/5)

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Sepia wash with brown ink. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery This… read more »

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Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower, Marquis of Stafford (1721-1803)

Image: Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, engraved by M Burghers. Robert Plot, The Natural History of Staffordshire (Oxford, 1686). The hall served… read more »

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Introduction: Between Enlightenment and Romanticism

Alchymist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, (exhibited 1775, reworked 1795). Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on… read more »

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James Haywood, Jun, Phoenix Foundry and Engineering Works, Derby

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

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John Whitehurst and 18th Century Geology

John Whitehurst (1713-1788) was the oldest member of the Lunar Society. Born in Congleton in Cheshire he moved… read more »

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Joseph Wright of Derby and his Visit to Italy 1773 – 1775

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (1774). Gouache on paper. Image from: Derby Museum &… read more »

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Joseph Wright of Derby: Art, the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Self Portrait in a Black Feathered Hat(c1767-1770). Oil on canvas. Summary Joseph Wright… read more »

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Joseph Wright’s Journey to Italy

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734- 1797), Self Portrait (c1767-70). Charcoal on paper. Image from: Derby Museum… read more »

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Landscape with a Rainbow

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

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Maria and her dog Silvio (from Sterne’s Sentimental Journey)

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on Canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

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North West View of Castleton Castle and the Devil’s Arse in the Peak

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

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Pastoral Group, c.1770

The group with a shepherd playing his pipe to a sleeping shepherdess is a good example of… read more »

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Portrait of Thomas Bennett

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on Canvas.

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Portrait of Thomas Borrow

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on Canvas.

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Priestley: Body, Matter and Death

Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of his Ancestors (1772).  Joseph Wright of Derby(1734-1797), Oil on canvas. Derby Museum &… read more »

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Rev. d’Ewes Coke and Family

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

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Romeo and Juliet, the Tomb Scene

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

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Rydal Waterfall

Virgil was a famous Roman poet who died in 19 BC. His tomb was located in the… read more »

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Samuel and Nathaniel Buck’s Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in the Midlands 1726-1739

Image: South East View of Goodrich Castle in the County of Hereford Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of… read more »

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Sarah Carver and her daughter Sarah

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas.

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Self Portrait at the age of 20 by Joseph Wright

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

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Sir Richard Arkwright: Industrialist

The art of portraiture was changing during the Industrial Revolution. The expansion of commerce and industry in… read more »

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Sir Richard Arkwright: Industrialist

Image: Portrait of Sir Richard Arkwright (1789-1790). Joseph Wright of Derby, Oil on Canvas. Text: Olga Baird… read more »

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South West View of Beauchief Abbey in Derby

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

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Study of Fragment of a Classical Frieze, Rome (1774)

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Pencil, pen and grey ink and grey wash. Image from: Derby Museum &… read more »

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The Earthstopper on the Banks of the Derwent

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

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The Hermit Studying Anatomy

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas

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The North East Prospect of Bolsover Castle in Derby

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

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The Philosophical Context: From Optimism to Realism

The Widow of an Indian Chief watching the Weapons of her deceased Husband (1785). Joseph Wright of Derby 1734-1797),… read more »

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The Wood Children

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

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Thomas Lombe (1685 – 1739)

Image: Old Silk Mill, Derby. John Keys, Sketches of Old Derby and Neighbourhoods(London and Derby, 1895) Two brothers were… read more »

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Thomas Wedgwood: the Godfather of Photography

Image: The Alchymist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, (Exhibited 1771), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on… read more »

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Virgil’s Tomb (1782)

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery Virgil was a… read more »

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West View of Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

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