Joseph Wright was born on September 3 1734 in Derby, into the well-established middle class family of John Wright, attorney and Town Clerk of Derby, and his wife Hannah Brookes. He was the youngest of three brothers including John and Richard Wright.
1750 or 1751. Copied from a mezzotint by Faber after Allan Ramsay. Charcoal and stump. 33.6 x 23.5 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
c.1753-4. Oil on canvas. 76.2 x 63.5 cm. Derby Art Gallery, Derby, UK.
1755. Oil on canvas. 77 x 65 cm. Private collection. Read Note.
1760. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6 cm. Private collection.
c.1760. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6 cm. Private collection.
c.1760. 50.8 x 40.6 cm. Private collection.
c.1760. Oil on canvas. 50.8 x 40.6 cm. Private collection.
c.1760-62. Oil on canvas. 88.9 x 69.8 cm. Private collection.
c.1761-2. Oil on canvas. 76.2 x 62.8. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
c.1762-3. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6 cm. Private collection.
c.1762-3. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6 cm. Private collection.
c.1762-3. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6. Private collection.
c.1762-3. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6. Stanford University Museum and Art Gallery, Stanford, CA, USA.
c.1762-3. Oil on canvas. 127 x 101.6 cm. Private collection.
c.1762-3. Oil on canvas. 138.4 x 190.5 cm. Private collection.
c.1762-4. Oil on canvas. 76.2 x 63.6 cm. Private collection.
c.1762-4. Oil on canvas. 76.2 x 63.6 cm. Private collection.
1764. Oil on canvas. 142.2 x 182.9. Private collection.
Exhibited 1765. Oil on canvas. 101.6 x 121.9 cm. Private collection.
Dated 1765. Oil on canvas. 145 x 205. Narodni Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
The Masters of Candlelight: An Anthology of Great Masters Including Georges De LA Tour, Godfried Schalcken, Joseph Wright of Derby by Christopher Wright. Art Books Intl Ltd, 1997.
Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool by Alex Kidson, Elizabeth Barker, Sarah Parsons, Jane Longmore, Martin Hopkinson. Yale University Press, 2008.
Joseph Wright of Derby;: A selection of paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. National Gallery of Art, 1969.
Wright of Derby by Judy Egerton. Metropolitan Museum Of Art, 1990.