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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.
	'Captain' Robert Shore Milnes. exhibited 1772. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6 cm. Private collection.
	Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of His Ancestors. 1772. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
	Rocks with Waterfall. c.1772. Oil on canvas. 80.7 x 109.2 cm. Private collection.
	Self-Portrait at the Age of About Forty. c.1772-3. Oil on canvas. 76.2 x 63.5. Private collection.
	An Iron Forge. 1772. Oil on canvas. 121.9 x 132.1 cm. Private collection.
	An Iron Forge Viewed from Without. 1773. Oil on canvas 105 x 140 cm. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
	The Earthstopper on the Banks of the Derwent. 1773. Oil on canvas. 96.5 x 120.6 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
	The Old Man and Death. exhibited 1774. Oil on canvas. 101.6 x 127. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA.
	The Captive, from Sterne. 1774. Oil on canvas. 102 x 127.5 cm. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
	Part of the Colosseum Seen in Sunlight. c.1774-5, Pen and brown ink and wash on paper. 38.1 x 51.7 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
	Inside the Arcade of the Colosseum. c.1774-5. Pen and brown ink and wash on paper. 37.8 x 49 cm. Private collection.
	Vesuvius in Eruption. 1774. Gouache on paper. 32.4 x 46.7 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
	Study of the Terrain near Vesuvius. 1774. Pencil on paper. 31.1 x 45. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
	A Cavern, Morning. 1774. Oil on canvas. 101.6 x 127 cm. Private collection.
	A Cavern, Evening. 1774. Oil on canvas. 101.6 x 127 cm. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, USA.
	An Eruption of Vesuvius, Seen from Portici. c.1774-6. Oil on canvas. 101.6 x 127 cm. University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK.
	A View of Mount Etna and a Nearby Town. c.1775. Oil on canvas. 66 x 88.5 cm. Tate Gallery, London, UK.
	Study of Melancholy Girl. 1775, later used for Maria of 1781. Pen and grey ink over faint preliminary pencil outlines on paper. 55 x 41.3 cm. British Museum, London, UK.
	Study for "The Old Man Grieving over His Ass ", from Sterne. c.1775. Pen and black ink over traces of graphic on paper. 55.4 x 34.9 cm. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, USA.
	Study of John Staveley's Head for Wright's Second Version of "The Captive, from Sterne". 1775-7. c.1773. Oil on paper. 47.5 x 36.2. Private collection.
	John Milnes. 1776. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101 cm. Louvre, Paris, France.
	Vesuvius in Eruption, with a View over the Islands in the Bay of Naples. c. 1776-80. Oil on canvas. 122 x 176.4. Private collection.
	The Annual Girandola, at the Castle of St. Angelo, Rome. exhibited 1776. Oil on canvas. 137.5 x 173. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK.
	Maria, from Sterne. 1777. Oil on canvas. 100.3 x 125.7 cm. Private collection.
	Edwin, from Dr Beattie's Minstrel. 1777-8. Oil on canvas. 160 x 116.8. Private collection.