With which English city is the 18th century artist Joseph Wright associated?
"Opie. When she died it went to Thomas Brightwall. Another of the paintings was reputedly in the possession of Rev. Thomas Gisborne whom Wright visited in his estate near Needwood Forest. This painting was owned by the Barton Blount estates in 1968 and by 1981 it was sold by Miss Ward to Derby Museum and Art Gallery for £12,000. The picture with Silius Italicus in Derby Museum is, according to Benedict Nicolson, not necessarily by Wright. Virgil's Tomb (Joseph Wright paintings) Virgil's Tomb is the title of at least three paintings completed by Joseph Wright of Derby between 1779 and"
"road. Wright's remains were removed to Nottingham Road Cemetery. In 1997, his tombstone was placed at the side of Derby Cathedral, and in 2002, it was brought inside and wall-mounted in a prominent place near the well-visited memorial to Bess of Hardwick. Wright's name also has been given to the sixth form centre situated on Cathedral Row, Derby (not far from Iron Gate). The Joseph Wright Centre was opened in 2005 as the new flagship site for Derby College. The building is named after the eighteenth-century painter because his ""artwork captured the many scientific and technological advances of the Industrial"
"of Joseph Wright paintings. William Tate (painter) William Tate (1747 – 2 June 1806) was an English portrait painter who was a student of Joseph Wright of Derby. Tate was born in 1747 probably at Gawber Hall, near Barnsley, where his father was a glass maker and was christened on 14 November in Darton near Barnsley He was educated at Woolton near Liverpool where his brother Richard Tate lived and had Joseph Wright of Derby as his lodger in 1769. Richard was an amateur painter and was well connected. William Tate then became Wright's student. It was with Joseph Wright"
"Richard Wright (painter) Richard Wright ( – ) was an English marine painter. An entirely self-taught artist, he first appeared as an exhibitor in London in 1760, and between that date and 1773 exhibited twenty-five works with the Incorporated Society of Artists and one with the Free Society. One of Wright's earliest known works is a picture of the St Nicholas Church, Liverpool, known as 'The Sailor's Church', and where Wright himself was probably baptised. The scene depicts the church and surrounding buildings viewed across the River Mersey from ""Man's Island"". It was one of several works originally executed by"
"John William Wright John William Wright (1802 - 14 January 1848) was an English genre and portrait watercolour painter, and illustrator. Wright was born in London in 1802, the son of John Wright (d. 1820), a miniature painter of repute, acquainted with leading artists of the day such as John Hoppner, Thomas Lawrence and William Owen (1769–1825). His mother, Priscilla (née Guise) was also a good miniaturist, but died when John William was still an infant in 1802. At the age of 10 he was sent to school at Loughborough House in Brixton but had to be withdrawn due to"
"in Shoe Lane, London and, after an adolescent conversion to Roman Catholicism, was taken to Scotland by a priest. A London birth certainly seems supported by a baptismal record, dated 25 May 1617, for a ""Mighell Wryghtt"", son of James Wright, described as a tailor and a citizen of London, in St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London. What is known is that, on 6 April 1636, the 19-year-old Wright was apprenticed to George Jamesone, an Edinburgh portrait painter of some repute. The Edinburgh Register of Apprentices records him as ""Michaell, son to James W(right), tailor, citizen of London"". The reasons"
"it since 1875. The Blacksmith's Shop The Blacksmith's Shop is a recurring theme of five paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby. The version in his home town was originally completed in 1771. Joseph Wright of Derby painted five paintings on the theme of a blacksmith's shop or a forge between the years 1771 and 1773. The Derby Museum version is of a blacksmith's shop where three men work to manufacture an iron or steel component. The presence of visitors and the nocturnal work is explained by the farrier working outside. Wright has imagined that a traveller has broken down on"
"Charles Heath and their birth and death dates overlap. John William Wright John William Wright (1802 - 14 January 1848) was an English genre and portrait watercolour painter, and illustrator. Wright was born in London in 1802, the son of John Wright (d. 1820), a miniature painter of repute, acquainted with leading artists of the day such as John Hoppner, Thomas Lawrence and William Owen (1769–1825). His mother, Priscilla (née Guise) was also a good miniaturist, but died when John William was still an infant in 1802. At the age of 10 he was sent to school at Loughborough House"
"Strutt owned and financed. Other notable 18th-century figures with connections to Derby include the painter Joseph Wright, known as Wright of Derby, who was known for his innovative use of light in his paintings and was an associate of the Royal Academy; and John Whitehurst, a clockmaker and philosopher. Erasmus Darwin, doctor, scientist, philosopher and grandfather of Charles Darwin, whose practice was based in Lichfield, Staffordshire was a frequent visitor to Derby, having founded the Derby Philosophical Society. Derby's place in the country's philosophical and political life continued with Henry Hutchinson who was an active member of the Fabian Society."
"of Modern British Artists.’ Plates from his Battle of Vitoria’ and ‘The Ghost, a Christmas Frolic,’ appeared in 1814, and ‘Devotion,’ a subject from Boccaccio, was engraved by Charles Heath in 1833. Though extremely industrious, Wright was poorly remunerated for his work, and during his later years received a small pension from the Watercolour Society. Wright was born on Tuesday 14 Oct. 1777 at Pentonville, London, where his father was an organ-builder. He died on Sunday 13 May 1866. He married a Miss Meadows and with her had a son and a daughter. John Masey Wright John Masey Wright (1777–1866)"
"Richard Wright (artist) Richard Wright (born London, 1960) is an English artist and musician. Wright was born in London. His family moved to Scotland when he was young. He attended Edinburgh College of Art from 1978 to 1982 and studied at Glasgow School of Art between 1993 and 1995 studying for a Master of Fine Art. He lives in Glasgow. Wright decorates architectural spaces with intricately designed geometric patterns in paint and gold leaf. His work of art includes a wide range of works made on paper, from prints on poster paper to elaborate and complex large-scale works that can"
"The Blacksmith's Shop The Blacksmith's Shop is a recurring theme of five paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby. The version in his home town was originally completed in 1771. Joseph Wright of Derby painted five paintings on the theme of a blacksmith's shop or a forge between the years 1771 and 1773. The Derby Museum version is of a blacksmith's shop where three men work to manufacture an iron or steel component. The presence of visitors and the nocturnal work is explained by the farrier working outside. Wright has imagined that a traveller has broken down on a journey and"
"of Stubbs' address, 24 Somerset Street, Portman Square, on some of her submissions for exhibition. Edward pre-deceased his father, aged about twenty. Wright died soon afterwards, following an unsuccessful exhibition in York about the same time as his son's death, in about 1775 and was survived by his wife. Richard Wright (painter) Richard Wright ( – ) was an English marine painter. An entirely self-taught artist, he first appeared as an exhibitor in London in 1760, and between that date and 1773 exhibited twenty-five works with the Incorporated Society of Artists and one with the Free Society. One of Wright's"
"his wives painted by Tate. He moved south to Bath in 1804 where he died in 1806. The Walker Art Gallery has a number of William Tate's portraits of notable men and women of the day including Daniel Daulby, and the sister of William Roscoe. There are also paintings of his nephew Thomas Moss Tate and his niece Elizabeth Williamson, wife of Joseph Williamson. There are twelve paintings in national collections in the UK including a portrait of Joseph Wright and ""Girl and Boy with a Bladder"" at Derby Museum and Art Gallery which also hosts the country's main collection"
"writing that radicals who supported science in Britain ""considered man in their experiments no more than they do mice in an air pump"". In the light of this comment, Wright's painting of the bird in the air pump, completed over twenty years earlier, seems particularly prescient. Because of this web of connections related to science, and the tensions it created which were so subtly illustrated by the art of the painter Joseph Wright of Derby, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, far from being just a collection of fine paintings as the casual visitor might imagine, is significant for being in"
"where he was his majesty's representative at Ascot. The painting was eventually bought by Benedict Nicolson (Wright's biographer) who sold it via the Artfund into the collection of Derby Museum and Art Gallery. The Earthstopper Earthstopper on the Banks of the Derwent is a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby originally completed in 1773. The scene shows a man digging at nighttime beside the River Derwent in Derbyshire. The painting shows a man blocking foxholes so that a subsequent foxhunt could kill the fox without the animal having the opportunity to hide underground. This man was known as an ""Earthstopper""."
"the city of Derby. At the same time, the Museum announced that it was ""joining forces"" with Wikipedia to improve the quality of its information. In February 2011 the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) announced that it had awarded Designated status to Derby Museum and Art Gallery for its nationally significant holdings of paintings and drawings by Joseph Wright. A replica of the room in Derby where Bonnie Prince Charlie held his council of war in 1745, while on his way south to seize the British crown. The paneling is from the original Exeter House, which was demolished in"
"creation from blots. Wright is seen at his best in his candlelit subjects of which the ""Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight"" (1765), his ""A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery"" (1766), in the Derby Museum and Art Gallery, and ""An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump"" (1768), in the National Gallery are excellent examples. His ""Old Man and Death"" (1774) is also a striking and individual production. Joseph Wright of Derby also painted ""Dovedale by Moonlight"", capturing the rural landscape of a narrow valley called Dovedale, 14 miles northeast of Wright's home town of Derby, at night"
"of Derby around 1781. The ring remained with his descendants and the ring and the painting are now in the collection of Derby Museum and Art Gallery in England. Notes that came with the painting describe Ward as being ""of Derby but later from Richmond"". His wife was from Richmond and he owned property there and in Derby. The painting is first referred to in Joseph Wright's accounts, where he records its price as twelve guineas in 1781. The Joseph Wright painting remained in the Ward family until the death of Sarah Ward in 1947, whose gift went to Derby"
"William Tate (painter) William Tate (1747 – 2 June 1806) was an English portrait painter who was a student of Joseph Wright of Derby. Tate was born in 1747 probably at Gawber Hall, near Barnsley, where his father was a glass maker and was christened on 14 November in Darton near Barnsley He was educated at Woolton near Liverpool where his brother Richard Tate lived and had Joseph Wright of Derby as his lodger in 1769. Richard was an amateur painter and was well connected. William Tate then became Wright's student. It was with Joseph Wright in 1772 that William"
"such effects."" Dovedale is a very popular dale in Staffordshire and Wright's home county of Derbyshire. Admired in Wright's time, it has been owned by the National Trust since 1924 and made available to the many Peak District visitors. Dovedale is named for the River Dove and it is long. Wright's paintings appear to be from nature, but in a letter of 1787 he said that he had observed moonlight and firelight only once at night and this was some time before he decided to create this series of paintings. However his preparatory sketches show that he was using a"
"granddaughter of the Roman emperor Augustus. Meynell said that this painting had been given to his great-great-great-grandfather in 1840. Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno is the subject of at least four paintings completed by Joseph Wright of Derby following his visit there in 1774. The paintings show the different lighting at different times of the day. The subject of these paintings are the grottoes near Naples. Wright went on a tour of Italy in the 1770s, where he spent a great deal of time in 1774 sketching and painting scenes around Salerno and"
"Elizabeth Messer Wright (1815–1892) from Bristol, a cousin of George Müller’s son-in-law and successor James Wright. John Jewell Penstone John Jewell Penstone (1817–1902) was a portrait and genre artist who worked with paint, but is known mainly for his engravings, and has been associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement. The National Portrait Gallery in London holds two of his stipple engravings, along with a lithograph (printed by Nosworthy & Wells). Penstone was born in Clerkenwell, London, to John Penstone (1792–1840) and Ann, a daughter of Joseph Jewell. Both of his parents were Quakers, but he joined the Plymouth Brethren when he"
"a preparatory sketch by Wright. On the sketch he proposes the change he made to the painting where he moved the sarcophagus and its niche to the right. Wright was trying to increase the size of the image of the illuminated wall. The gladiatorial figure of Juliet with her outstretched arms attracts the eye and the heroic death of Romeo have been compared to Michelangelo's drawing of Tityus. Romeo and Juliet: the Tomb Scene Romeo and Juliet: the Tomb Scene is a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, completed by 1790, exhibited in 1790 and 1791, shown in the Derby"
"the unusually cosmopolitan nature of his experience, he was favoured by patrons at the highest level of society in an age in which foreign artists were usually preferred. Wright's paintings of royalty and aristocracy are included amongst the collections of many leading galleries today. John Michael Wright, who at the height of his career would interchangeably sign himself """"Anglus"""" or """"Scotus"""", is of uncertain origin. The diarist John Evelyn called him a Scotsman, an epithet repeated by Horace Walpole and tentatively accepted by his later biographer, Verne. However, writing in 1700, the English antiquarian Thomas Hearne claims Wright was born"
"bat and bird boxes. Oliver Rhodes patron of Bradford Grammar School resides in the Thackley area. His life is celebrated each year at the Thackley Methodist church. Joseph Wright, a distinguished 19th/20th Century professor of linguistics at Oxford University was born in Thackley and grew up in nearby Windhill. He published in 1892 the book ""A grammar of the dialect of Windhill"", which was one of the first attempts to apply phonetics to an English dialect. He later published the English Dialect Dictionary in six volumes. Thackley Thackley is a small suburb near, Bradford, West Yorkshire in England. The village"
"he was in Italy where he met Joseph Wright of Derby. Wright was not the first to note on what an attractive man Coke was, and Coke visited Wright at his abode in Italy. Coke is thought to be the only person who appears in a Wright painting and who also bought one of Wright's industrial landscapes. From 1776 to 1780 he was a Member of Parliament for Derby, then from 1780 to 1812 for Nottingham. From 1793, Coke supported the British government's policy on war with France. By the 1802 general election Coke was unpopular in Nottingham because of"
"Parwich Hall which is in a small village close to Dovedale. Wright also did a daylight view of Dovedale in 1787 which he gave to the industrialist Josiah Wedgwood out of respect for his patronage on the arts. This painting is now in the Wedgwood Museum. Two other paintings of Dovedale were sold to Sir Brooke Boothby bt. of Ashbourne Hall, who had helped Wright when he put on the first one-man exhibition in London. Boothby also purchased two views of nearby Matlock, two paintings of bridges in Rome as well as an unusual 1781 portrait of himself lying by"
"same signature is affixed to a version of Ovid's ""Epistles"", 1683. James Wright (antiquarian) James Wright (1643–1713), was an antiquary and writer, author of a county history of Rutland (1684), and the ""Historia Histrionica"" (1699), an account of theatre in England in the seventeenth century. Wright was the son of Abraham Wright, by his wife Jane (d. 1645), daughter of James Stone. He was born at Yarnton, Oxfordshire, where he was baptised in 1643. He did not attend either Oxford or Cambridge, but in 1666 became a student of New Inn, migrating in 1669 to the Middle Temple, by which"
"which is now delineated as 100 Mt Crosby Road. John Wright was born in 1837 at Coolbawm, County Kilkenny, Ireland, and married Elizabeth in 1862. He and his wife arrived in Moreton Bay on board the Naval Reserve in 1867 and in October of that year he moved to Ipswich to find work, while his wife and children remained in Brisbane. In the 1860s, Ipswich was an emerging centre of commercial and industrial activity and, despite the financial crisis of this period, it remained a place of opportunity for early pioneers. Coal mining was a burgeoning industry in the district"
"Thomas Wright (antiquarian) Thomas Wright (23 April 1810 – 23 December 1877) was an English antiquarian and writer. Wright was born near Ludlow, Shropshire, descended from a Quaker family formerly living at Bradford. He was educated at Ludlow Grammar School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, whence he graduated in 1834. While at Cambridge he contributed to the ""Gentleman's Magazine"" and other periodicals, and in 1835 he came to London to devote himself to a literary career. His first separate work was ""Early English Poetry in Black Letter, with Prefaces and Notes"" (1836, 4 vols. 12mo), which was followed during the"
"The Earthstopper Earthstopper on the Banks of the Derwent is a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby originally completed in 1773. The scene shows a man digging at nighttime beside the River Derwent in Derbyshire. The painting shows a man blocking foxholes so that a subsequent foxhunt could kill the fox without the animal having the opportunity to hide underground. This man was known as an ""Earthstopper"". Joseph Wright was known for his studies under unusual lighting and this can be seen here combined with landscape. Wright completed few notable paintings that included landscapes before he went on his tour"
"silhouetted against sunlight and a stormy sky. An engraving of this painting was made by another Derby artist, John Raphael Smith, in 1785. Wright painted a similar painting based on female fortitude entitled ""The Lady in Milton's Comus"" and a very near copy of the ""Indian Widow"". ""The Lady in Milton's Comus"" is in the Walker Gallery in Liverpool whilst the near copy was lost in a fire. This painting and ""The Lady in Milton's Comus"" were displayed at Wright's exhibition in 1785. It is thought that this might be the first ""solo show"" in England. Wright laid out his"