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Joseph Wright Of Derby

Portrait of a Young Boy - British art 1780 Old Master male portrait oil painting
Portrait of a Young Boy - British art 1780 Old Master male portrait oil painting

Portrait of a Young Boy - British art 1780 Old Master male portrait oil painting

By Joseph Wright of Derby

Located in Hagley, England

Framed size is 36 inches by 31 inches and in good condition. Joseph Wright (3 September 1734 – 29 August 1797), styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait ...

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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Lady with a Shepherd's Crook
Portrait of a Lady with a Shepherd's Crook

Portrait of a Lady with a Shepherd's Crook

By Joseph Wright of Derby

Located in London, GB

Joseph Wright of Derby Joseph Wright was born in 1734 in Derby, one of the British centres of the Industrial Revolution - a fact that undoubtedly shaped his subject matters in his ca...

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18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Early 19th Century Oil Painting of the Lovers from Mother Goose Pantomime
Large Early 19th Century Oil Painting of the Lovers from Mother Goose Pantomime

Large Early 19th Century Oil Painting of the Lovers from Mother Goose Pantomime

By Joseph Wright of Derby

Located in Gerrards Cross, GB

Provenance: Historically attributed to Joseph Wright of Derby. 1993, Sotheby’s, London (as “Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds”). 2021, Bonhams, London.

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Early 19th Century English School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Regency portrait drawing of Arabella Graham-Clarke
Regency portrait drawing of Arabella Graham-Clarke

Regency portrait drawing of Arabella Graham-Clarke

By John Downman

Located in London, GB

After a Grand Tour to Italy, where he travelled with Joseph Wright of Derby, Downman returned to London in 1776 and established a practice as a portraitist: first in Cambridge, then ...

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Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Watercolor

Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait

By John Hamilton Mortimer

Located in London, GB

Mortimer, like his older friend Joseph Wright of Derby, was fascinated by self-portraiture.

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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Shakspeare. Winter's Tale. Act III, scene III.

Shakspeare. Winter's Tale. Act III, scene III.

By Samuel Middiman

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797) was an English landscape and portrait painter.

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1790s Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Sailor

Deborah OropalloSailor, 2016

Unavailable

H 58 in W 48 in

Sailor

By Deborah Oropallo

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork features a historical self-portrait (c. 1765-68) by Joseph Wright of Derby from the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia.

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

An English 18th century portrait of James Stanley, standing in a landscape
An English 18th century portrait of James Stanley, standing in a landscape

An English 18th century portrait of James Stanley, standing in a landscape

By John Hamilton Mortimer

Located in Bath, Somerset

Mortimer met the painter Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), with whom he became friends, in Hudson's studio, and in Shipley's drawing school he probably met two of his closest art...

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1770s English School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, ABS

Fire & Moonlight - Important 18th Century Old Master Oil Painting London Night
Fire & Moonlight - Important 18th Century Old Master Oil Painting London Night

Fire & Moonlight - Important 18th Century Old Master Oil Painting London Night

By Abraham Pether

Located in Gerrards Cross, GB

Exhibited: 1790; the Society of Artists of Great Britain, London. 1870; Midland Counties Exhibition. 1883; Joseph Wright of Derby Exhibition. 1934; Bicentenary Exhibition of the Work...

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1790s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nancy Baker, Golden Triangle Which Might Be Broken, 2018, Paint, hand-cut paper

Nancy Baker, Golden Triangle Which Might Be Broken, 2018, Paint, hand-cut paper

By Nancy Baker

Located in Darien, CT

Fascinated by the cave paintings of Joseph Wright of Derby, whose works “were a significant record of the struggle of science against religious values in the period known as the Age ...

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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Merchants at the Port, 17th century Dutch Old Master oil painting
Merchants at the Port, 17th century Dutch Old Master oil painting

Merchants at the Port, 17th century Dutch Old Master oil painting

By Thomas Wijck

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Thomas Wijck's painting of an alchemist is said to have influenced Joseph Wright of Derby's similar picture. Both pictures contain similar vaulting, a confusion of objects and an ass...

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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fire & Moonlight - Important 18th Century Oil Painting Georgian London by Night
Fire & Moonlight - Important 18th Century Oil Painting Georgian London by Night

Fire & Moonlight - Important 18th Century Oil Painting Georgian London by Night

By Abraham Pether

Located in Gerrards Cross, GB

Exhibited: 1790; the Society of Artists of Great Britain, London. 1870; Midland Counties Exhibition. 1883; Joseph Wright of Derby Exhibition. 1934; Bicentenary Exhibition of the Work...

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1790s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Thomas Hudson - Pair of portraits - 4th Duke of Beauforts children
Thomas Hudson - Pair of portraits - 4th Duke of Beauforts children

Thomas Hudson - Pair of portraits - 4th Duke of Beauforts children

By Thomas Hudson

Located in Stoke, Hampshire

He continued the tradition of Van Dyck and Lely, and maintained a large studio with numerous talented young artists whom he taught: Henry Pickering, Joseph Wright of Derby, Sir Joshu...

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18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nancy Baker, Medusa, 2018, painting, mixed media on hand-cut paper, 10 x 10 in

Nancy Baker, Medusa, 2018, painting, mixed media on hand-cut paper, 10 x 10 in

By Nancy Baker

Located in Darien, CT

Fascinated by the cave paintings of Joseph Wright of Derby, whose works “were a significant record of the struggle of science against religious values in the period known as the Age ...

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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Portrait of a Gentleman, William Kennaway in a Blue Coat, Signed & Dated 1779
Portrait of a Gentleman, William Kennaway in a Blue Coat, Signed & Dated 1779

Portrait of a Gentleman, William Kennaway in a Blue Coat, Signed & Dated 1779

By John Downman

Located in London, GB

Between 1773 and 1774, now married, Downman furthered his studies in Rome alongside Joseph Wright of Derby. We know from dated drawings that Downman was in Cambridgeshire by 1776 an...

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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Copper

Portrait of a senior naval officer, c. 1740s
Portrait of a senior naval officer, c. 1740s

Portrait of a senior naval officer, c. 1740s

By Thomas Hudson

Located in Edinburgh, Scotland

A prodigious assembly of young pupils included Sir Joshua Reynolds (1740-3), Joseph Wright of Derby (1751-3, 1756), Richard Cosway, John Hamilton Mortimer, and the drapery painters J...

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1750s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

18th century English portrait of the artist Rhoda Delaval, Lady Edward Astley
18th century English portrait of the artist Rhoda Delaval, Lady Edward Astley

18th century English portrait of the artist Rhoda Delaval, Lady Edward Astley

By Joseph Wright of Derby

Located in Bath, Somerset

Literature: Neil Jeffares, 'Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, Astley, Mrs Edward', online edition. An early work of Joseph Wright of Derby, or working in the circle of is sugg...

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Mid-18th Century English School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Mrs Paterson
Portrait of Mrs Paterson

Portrait of Mrs Paterson

By Nathaniel Dance

Located in Bath, Somerset

Provenance: Mrs Nora Prince-Littler and Prince Littler, C.B.E. (1901-1973), Chestham Park, Henfield, Sussex By whom sold, Christie's 18-19 April 1977, lot 431 (as Joseph Wright of ...

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18th Century and Earlier Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

English 18th century Portrait of a Lady wearing blue silk
English 18th century Portrait of a Lady wearing blue silk

English 18th century Portrait of a Lady wearing blue silk

By Thomas Hudson

Located in Bath, Somerset

His success attracted many apprentices, including Joshua Reynolds and Joseph Wright of Derby. In 1770 after his retirement to Twickenham and the death of his wife he married Mary F...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

18th century portrait of a young lady in an ivory silk gown and blue silk cloak
18th century portrait of a young lady in an ivory silk gown and blue silk cloak

18th century portrait of a young lady in an ivory silk gown and blue silk cloak

By Thomas Hudson

Located in Bath, Somerset

His success attracted many apprentices, including Joshua Reynolds and Joseph Wright of Derby. In 1770 after his retirement to Twickenham and the death of his wife he married Mary Fy...

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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th Century English Romantic School Portrait of an Artist in a Green Jacket.
18th Century English Romantic School Portrait of an Artist in a Green Jacket.

18th Century English Romantic School Portrait of an Artist in a Green Jacket.

Located in London/Yorkshire, GB

18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST - ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES NORTHCOTE (1756-1831) A fine, vibrant and highly decorative 18th century oil on canvas ‘Portrait of an Artist’ originally ...

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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

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