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Wright, Joseph, of Derby

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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

Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote

1771 · Oil on canvas

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

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Blacksmith

1771 · mezzotint

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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