Olga's Gallery
Joseph Wright of Derby
(1734-1797)
Biography
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Self-Portrait in a Black Feathered Hat. c.1767-70. Charcoal heightened with white chalk on paper. 53.3 x 36.8 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK. 
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Two Girls Dressing a Kitten by Candlelight. c.1768-70. Oil on canvas. 90.8 x 72.4 cm. Private collection.
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An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. 1768. Oil on canvas. 182.9 x 243.9 cm. National Gallery, London, UK.
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An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. Detail. 1768. Oil on canvas. 182.9 x 243.9 cm. National Gallery, London, UK.
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An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. Detail. 1768. Oil on canvas. 182.9 x 243.9 cm. National Gallery, London, UK.
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An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump. Detail. 1768. Oil on canvas. 182.9 x 243.9 cm. National Gallery, London, UK.
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Study of a Young Girl with Feathers in Her Hair. c.1768. Black and white chalks on prepared grey paper laid on canvas, then glued to a wooden border, the drawing being continued on the border. 43.1 x 29.1 cm. Private collection.
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Study of a Young Girl in a Turban and Frilled Collar. 1768. Black and white chalk and stump on grey paper. 43.8 x 29.2 cm. Private collection.
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An Academy by Lamplight. Exhibited 1769. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.2. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Mrs John Ashton. c.1769. Oil on canvas. 126.1 x 101. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK.
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Mrs. Sarah Clayton. c.1769. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6 cm. Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, USA.
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Fleetwood Hesketh. 1769. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6. Private collection.
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A Philosopher by Lamp Light. Exhibited 1769. Oil on canvas. 128.2 x 102 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
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Mrs Catherine Swindell. c.1769-71. Oil on canvas. 71.4 x 55.7 cm. Leicester Museums and Art Galleries, Leicester, UK.
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A Conversation of Girls (Two Girls with Their Black Servant). Exhibited 1770. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6 cm. Private collection.
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Thomas Day. 1770. Oil on canvas. 121.9 x 97.8 cm. National Portrait Gallery, London, UK.
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Erasmus Darwin. c.1770. Oil on canvas. 76 x 63.5 cm. Darwin College, Cambridge, UK. Read Note.
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Portrait of a Lady with Her Lacework. c.1770. Oil on canvas. 126.7 x 101.6. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Study of the Interior of Glass-House. c.1770-72. Pen and ink and grey wash heightened with white on paper. 36.2 x 52.1 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
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An Open Hearth with a Fire. c.1770-2. Brown ink and wash on paper, sight size 27.9 x 30.4 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
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Blot Drawing in a Manner of Alexander Cozens. c.1770. Brush and black ink on paper. 25.4 x 38.7 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
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Landscape Study Development from a Blot. c.1770. Pencil, brush and black ink wash on paper. 27 x 38.7. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
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A Blacksmith's Shop. 1771. Oil on canvas. 128.3 x 104 cm. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, USA.
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A Blacksmith's Shop. 1771. Oil on canvas. 125.7 x 99 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
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Mr and Mrs Coltman. Exhibited 1771. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6. National Gallery, London, UK.
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The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone, Discovers Phosphorus, and Prays for the Successful Conclusion of His Operation, as Was the Custom of the Ancient Chymical Astrologers. Exhibited 1771, re-worked and dated 1795. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
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'Captain' Robert Shore Milnes. Exhibited 1772. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6 cm. Private collection.
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