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The Blacksmith's Shop
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 1/2 x 41 inches (128.3 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
On view at YUAG
Dr. Richard Wright
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1785 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 3/4 × 24 3/4 inches (75.6 × 62.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of a Man, Known as the "Indian Captain"
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
90 1/4 x 54 1/2 inches (229.2 x 138.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Cottage on Fire at Night
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
between 1785 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
22 1/4 × 31 1/2 inches (56.5 × 80 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Prisoner
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1787 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
16 x 18 1/2 inches (40.6 x 47 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
between 1795 and 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
22 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches (56.5 x 80 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Vesuvius from Posillipo
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
25 x 33 inches (63.5 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
William and Margaret from Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry'
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 x 55 inches (121.9 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1780 to 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Rev. Thomas Gisborne and Mary Gisborne (née Babington), of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
73 x 60 inches (185.4 x 152.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

11. Lake Nemi

Lake Nemi
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 1/4 × 21 1/2 inches (36.2 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Lake Albano
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1790 to 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 1/4 × 21 1/2 inches (36.2 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Matlock Dale, looking toward Black Rock Escarpment
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
between 1780 and 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 x 30 inches (58.4 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (44.8 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Studies of a Classical Bust
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1774 to 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:
20 × 16 7/8 inches (50.8 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

16. Dovedale

Dovedale
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 1/4 × 33 1/4 inches (64.1 × 84.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Cavern, near Naples
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1774
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Pamela Askew
On View:
Not on view
A Lake by Moonlight
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1780 to 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/2 × 29 3/4 inches (62.2 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Dead Soldier
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 × 50 inches (101.6 × 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 1/16 x 50 1/4 inches (101.8 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Matlock Tor by Moonlight
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
between 1777 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Lake Scene
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 x 30 inches (53.3 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968 in memory of Sophie D. Coe
On View:
Not on view
Self-Portrait
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 x 28 3/4 inches (61 x 73 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Academy by Lamplight
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 39 3/4 inches (127 x 101 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Landscape with a Rainbow
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
between 1793 and 1794
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 1/2 × 39 5/16 inches (69.9 × 99.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Duncan Robinson, Director, Yale Center for British Art (1981–1995)
On View:
Not on view
Joseph Wright of Derby
Creator:
Attributed to Richard Hurleston, active 1763–1780
Date:
between 1774 and 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches (67.3 x 56.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Thistlethwayte Family
Creator:
Thomas Hudson, 1707–1779
Date:
ca. 1758
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
73 1/4 × 84 1/2 inches (186.1 × 214.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
An Iron Forge
Creator:
Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 x 23 1/2in. (48.3 x 59.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Dead Soldier
Creator:
James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/8 x 23 1/2in. (43.5 x 59.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shakespeare's Winter Tale Act III Scene III
Creator:
Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 3/8 × 26 9/16 inches (54.3 × 67.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Blacksmith's Shop
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. William L. Harkness
The Indian Widow
Creator:
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, published state
Dimensions:
Plate: 17 3/4 x 21 3/4in. (45.1 x 55.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Landscape with Ruins
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, black wash, brown wash, black chalk, graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 x 18 1/8 inches (40.6 x 46 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Portrait of a Man
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk, white chalk and brown chalk on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (36.8 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Church in Italy
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (24.8 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Campagna
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 19 3/8 inches (27.6 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Landscape with Rainbow, View near Chesterfield
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gum and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 16 1/8 inches (31.1 x 41 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Children of Walter Synnot
Creator:
Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 27 1/8 × 15 3/4 inches (68.9 × 40 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Rocky Landscape with Waterfalls
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 21 3/8 inches (38.1 x 54.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
John Ashton
Creator:
Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 5/16 × 15 5/16 inches (54.1 × 38.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene III
Creator:
Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 5/16 × 27 3/8 inches (54.1 × 69.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
The Alchemist
Creator:
William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 3/4 x 17 7/8in. (57.8 x 45.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Blacksmith's Shop
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Plate: 22 7/8 x 17 1/8in. (58.1 x 43.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Children of Walter Synnot, Esquire
Creator:
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, etched letter state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/4 x 14in. (48.9 x 35.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Drawing Academy
Creator:
Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:
ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, proof before title
Dimensions:
Plate: 22 7/8 x 17 7/8in. (58.1 x 45.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Lady in Milton's Comus
Creator:
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Plate: 17 3/4 x 21 3/4in. (45.1 x 55.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Three Persons viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight
Creator:
William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/8 x 21 7/8in. (46.7 x 55.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. A Hermit

A Hermit
Creator:
William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, proof before title
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 x 18 1/4in. (58.4 x 46.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Orrery
Creator:
Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 3/4 x 23in. (45.1 x 58.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View of Lake Nemi
Creator:
John Eginton, active 1763–1800
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint, proof before letters
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 9/16 x 20 7/8in. (42.1 x 53cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof
Dimensions:
Plate: 19 x 23 1/8in. (48.3 x 58.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Captive
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/8 × 22 11/16 inches (46.7 × 57.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John E. Larkin Jr. in honor of Jules D. Prown
No cover image available
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 23 1/2in. (50.5 x 59.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 9/16 x 14 7/8in. (44.6 x 37.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, printed in brown ink
Dimensions:
Plate: 19 7/8 x 13 7/8in. (50.5 x 35.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint (first published state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 28 × 21 inches (71.1 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
No cover image available
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Plate: 19 7/8 x 14in. (50.5 x 35.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/8 x 1 7/16in. (46.7 x 3.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, 1st state, proof before title
Dimensions:
Plate: 17 7/8 x 13in. (45.4 x 33cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2in. (49.5 x 39.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Joseph Wright notebook.
Creator:
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Date:
1775-1780
Physical Description:
1 v. : ill. ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
No cover image available
Creator:
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Date:
1785
Physical Description:
1 v. (26 p.) ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Date:
1789 July 15
Physical Description:
1 item (3 pages)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts