At a certain moment near the midpoint of the 18th century, British culture began to grow weary of its own augustness. After two generations, the eternal sunshine of Alexander Pope, the enlightened wit ...

76.7 x 64 cm. (30.2 x 25.2 in.) J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, 2 vols, Cardiff 1962, vol. II, p. 96, no. 34 (as Joseph Wright of Derby); B. Nicolson, Joseph Wright of Derby: ...

23½ by 30 in. 59.7 by 76.2 cm. 32½ by 39 in. 82.6 by 99.1 cm.

Joseph Wright, styled ‘Wright of Derby’ was born the son of an attorney in 1734. He spent three years training under the fashionable artist Thomas Hudson. Hudson was most prolific between 1740 and ...