Joseph Wright of Derby
18th-century British painter (1734-1797)
* 1734
💀 1797
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_-_‘Landscape_with_Rainbow’.jpg "Landscape with Rainbow")
_01_ies.jpg "Vesuvius in Eruption, with a View over the Islands in the Bay of Naples")
_-_Mr_and_Mrs_Thomas_Coltman_-_NG6496_-_National_Gallery.jpg "Mr and Mrs Thomas Coltman")
_-_Mrs_John_Ashton_-_659_-_Fitzwilliam_Museum.jpg "Mrs John Ashton")
_-_Portrait_of_Mrs._Anthony_Greatorex_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. Anthony Greatorex")
1700c
_-_The_Honourable_John_Grey_(1743–1802),_as_a_Gentleman_Commoner_of_Cambridge_University_-_932296_-_National_Trust.jpg "The Hon. John Grey (1743-1802)")
_(1745-1816)_-_1_-_Fitzwilliam_Museum.jpg "The Hon. Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion")
_-_Mary_Bold_(1740–1824),_Mrs_Thomas_Hunt_III_-_884971_-_National_Trust.jpg "Mary Bold, Mrs Thomas III Hunt (1740 - 1824)")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby_-_Portrait_of_a_Man,_Known_as_the_"Indian_Captain"_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "Portrait of a Man, Known as the \"Indian Captain\"")
_-_Fleetwood_Hesketh_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "Fleetwood Hesketh")
1769
_-_Thomas_Staniforth_of_Darnall,_Co._York_-_T00794_-_Tate.jpg "Thomas Staniforth of Darnall, Co. York")
_-_2013.0049_-_Birmingham_Museums_Trust.jpg "Portrait of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802)")
1770s
_-_Firework_Display_at_Castel_Sant'Angelo_-_1961P34_-_Birmingham_Museums_Trust.jpg "Firework Display at the Castel Sant Angelo")
_-_The_Annual_Girandola_at_the_Castel_Sant’Angelo,_Rome_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Annual Girandola at the Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome")
_-_An_Iron_Forge_-_T06670_-_Tate.jpg "An Iron Forge")
1772
_-_A_View_of_Catania_with_Mount_Etna_in_the_Distance_-_T01278_-_Tate.jpg "A View of Catania with Mount Etna in the Distance")
.jpg "Portrait of Dorothy Beridge, ne Gladwin (1760-1792)")
_(after)_-_Called_'Mrs_Siddons_as_Rosalind'_(after_'Master_Thomas_Haden_as_"Edwin"_from_Dr_Beattie's_"Minstrel"_-_1118224_-_National_Trust.jpg "Called Mrs Siddons as 'Rosalind' (after Master Thomas Haden as 'Edwin' from Dr Beattie's 'Minstrel' by Wright of Derby)")
1779
1779
1780s
1780s
1780s
_-_Sir_Richard_Arkwright_-_NPG_6848_-_National_Portrait_Gallery.jpg "Sir Richard Arkwright")
_-_The_Reverend_Henry_Case_(1746-1747–1825),_Later_The_Reverend_Henry_Case-Morewood_-_1440719_-_National_Trust.jpg "The Reverend Henry Case, later The Reverend Henry Case-Morewood (1746/7-1825)")
_-_Matlock_Tor_-_PD.8-1948_-_Fitzwilliam_Museum.jpg "Matlock Tor")
_-_Joseph_Wright_-_NPG_4090_-_National_Portrait_Gallery.jpg "Joseph Wright")
1788
_-_A_Moonlight_with_a_Lighthouse,_Coast_of_Tuscany_-_N05882_-_National_Gallery.jpg "A Moonlight with a Lighthouse, Coast of Tuscany")
_-_A_Lighthouse_on_Fire_at_Night_-_PD.33-2006_-_Fitzwilliam_Museum.jpg "A lighthouse on fire at night")
1790
1790s
1790s
_-_IMG_7293.JPG "Portrait of Sarah and Ann Haden")
1760s
1770s
1770s
1780s