Photo credit: Richard Tailby Photography.
Photo credit: Richard Tailby Photography.
Photo credit: Richard Tailby Photography.

Exhibitions:

  • Title: Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool
    Venue: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
    Dates: from to
  • Title: Wright of Derby
    Venue: Tate Gallery, London
    Dates: from to
  • Title: Wright of Derby: From the Shadows
    Venue: National Gallery, London
    Dates: from 07/11/2025 to 01/11/2026

Publications

  • Title: Wright of Derby
    Author: Judy Egerton
    Published Place: London
    Copyright: The Tate Gallery
    Published Year: 1990
  • Title: Catalogue of the Engraved Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., "Wright of Derby"

Related People

  • Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)

    Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797

    Nationality: British

    Biography: Artist.

  • William Pether (Artist)

    Display Date: 1738 - 1821

The Hermit

Date: 1770

Medium: Mezzotint engraving and etching.

Object Type:Print
Dimensions:Support: 605 × 480 mm (23 13/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions:Recto, below image, from left to right: 'W. Pether Fecit / Published May 14th 1770 & Sold by W. Pether in G. Russel St, Bloomsbury (scratched in pencil) / Jos. Wright Pinx'.
Provenance:...; purchased from Robert Ward & Son of Derby by Derby Museums, 1923.
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Item Ref:1923-909
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