engraving after Joseph Wright; 'An Academy by Lamplight'

Exhibitions:

  • Title: Wright of Derby
    Venue: Tate Gallery
    Dates: from 16/04/1990 to 16/04/1990
  • Title: Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool
    Venue: Walker Art Gallery
    Dates: from 17/11/2007 to 24/02/2008
  • Title: Wright of Derby: From the Shadows
    Venue: National Gallery
    Dates: from 07/11/2025 to 01/11/2026

Publications

  • Title: Wright of Derby
    Published Place: London
    Copyright: The Tate Gallery
    Published Year: 1990

Related People

  • Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)

    Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797

    Nationality: British

    Biography: Artist.

  • William Pether (Artist)

    Display Date: 1738 - 1821

An Academy by Lamplight

Date: 1772

Medium: Mezzotint.

Object Type:Print
Dimensions:Support: 589 × 464 mm (23 3/16 × 18 1/4 in.)
Description:According to Clayton's catalogue, this is a First State impression.
Inscriptions:Recto, along lower edge of image, from left to right: ‘Jos. Wright Pinxt. / Published by W. Pether Feb [date illegible] 1772 / W. Pether Fecit’.
Provenance:...; Reverend Edward Lloyd Simpson, by whom donated to Derby Museums in 1939.
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Item Ref:1939-859/16