A Biography of Joseph Wright, Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Self Portrait in a Black Feathered Hat (c1767-1770). Charcoal on Paper. Derby Museums & Art Gallery. ...

A Cottage on Fire, Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

A letter from the Artist, Castel Sant' Angelo, Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

A Philosopher lecturing on the Orrery (1766), Wright’s painting is a celebration of scientific knowledge and the interpreter of this knowledge, the philosopher. The latter dominates the p...

A View of Tivoli, Wright was deeply attracted by the Italian landscape. In a letter to his sister Nancy, from Rome, dated 22 May 1774, he wrote: “The natural s...

Aris's Birmingham Gazette - An Escape, AN ESCAPE. MARY TAYLOR, who escaped from the Custody of the Keeper of the County Gaol in Shrewsbury, on Friday the 12th and was advertised in the...

Belisarius receiving Alms, This drawing of a classical subject from late Roman history was completed in 1775 four months before Wright left Rome. By then, his celebration of ...

Blue and White Table Centre, Unlike many other English porcelain factories, very little transfer printed blue & white china was produced at Derby. Transfer printing made the wa...

Bridge through a Cavern, Moonlight (1791), Wright visited Italy in 1773-1775 and Bridge through a Cavern, Moonlight is one of several scenes he painted of the Naples area. Wright was ...

Candlestick, Rococo double candelabrum in form of a flowering tree crowned with a nesting bird. The applied flowers and delicately painted figures clearly demon...

Candlestick, The group with a shepherd playing his pipe to a sleeping shepherdess is a good example of the influence of French Rococo on early Derby ware. It de...

Chocolate Cup, One of a pair of chocolate cups in the Neo-classical style with scenes of a military encampment on “canary” yellow ground. The scenes h...