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:
portrait | coat | waistcoat | wig | oval | man
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, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA)Marcia R. Pointon, Portrayal and the search for identity, Reaktion Books, London, 2013, pp. 173, 174, Illus. 64, N7575 .P6452 2013 (YCBA)