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Artists›Joseph Wright of Derby

Joseph Wright of Derby

1734–1797

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WikidataQ214062

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Joseph Wright, styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English painter who specialised in portrait painting and landscape art. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution".

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 8d ago

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Artworks (6)

The Gulf of Salerno

1783 · Oil on canvas

41.6 × 59.4 cm (16 3/8 × 23 3/8 in.); Framed: 51.5 × 67.7 cm (20 1/4 × 26 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1775 · mezzotint

Image: 56.1 x 45.5 cm (22 1/16 x 17 15/16 in.); Plate: 58 x 45.6 cm (22 13/16 x 17 15/16 in.); Sheet: 64.6 x 50.7 cm (25 7/16 x 19 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Blacksmith

1771 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote

1771 · Oil on canvas

127 x 100 cm (50 x 39 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap

1765 · Monochrome pastel (grisaille) on blue-gray laid paper

42.5 × 29.5 cm (16 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wooded Landscape

1734 · Brush and gray wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper

26.5 × 38.1 cm (10 7/16 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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6 published of 9 catalogued · 9 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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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
1775 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Blacksmith
1771 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote
1771 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Smithsonian Institution

Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote (c. 1771–72)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight (1769)

Art Institute of Chicago

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