Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)
Title:
Dr. Richard Wright
Date:
1785 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 3/4 × 24 3/4 inches (75.6 × 62.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.711
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
oval | man | portrait | wig | coat | waistcoat
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 264-265, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)Matthew Craske, Joseph Wright of Derby : Painter of darkness, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, p. 129, fig. 75, NJ18.W95 C72 2020+ (YCBA)English pictures prints and drawings, c. 1650 - c. 1950 , Christie's, London, November 22nd, 1963, p. 25, no. 68, Sales Catalogues (YCBA)Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 65 (v.1), no. 235, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA)Marcia R. Pointon, Portrayal and the search for identity, Reaktion Books, London, 2013, pp. 173, 174, Illus. 64, N7575 .P6452 2013 (YCBA)