Exhibitions:

  • Title: Paintings by Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called "Wright of Derby", together with some Original Drawings, and a Complete Collection of Prints after his Works
    Venue: Derby Corporation Art Gallery
    Dates: from 22/07/1883 to 22/07/1883
  • Title: Joseph Wright of Derby
    Venue: Norwich Castle Museum
    Dates: from 03/01/1959 to 01/02/1959
  • Title: Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool
    Venue: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
    Dates: from to
  • Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: Bath and Beyond
    Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
    Dates: from to
  • Title: Wright of Derby
    Venue: Tate Gallery, London
    Dates: from to
  • Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Centenary of Derby Museums and Art Gallery
    Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
    Dates: from 21/04/1979 to 21/07/1979
  • Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
    Venue: Wallis, Jane
    Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997
  • Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: Life on Paper
    Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
    Dates: from 23/05/2025 to 07/09/2025
  • 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: Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light
    Sub-Title: Volume 1
    Volume: 1
    Author: Benedict Nicolson
    Published Place: London
    Copyright: Benedict Nicolson, 1968
    Published Year: 1968
  • Title: Joseph Wright's Pastel 'Portrait of a Woman'
    Sub-Title: Part I: A Survey of the Drawings of Joseph Wright
    Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Journal: Metropolitan Museum Journal
    Published Place: New York
    Published Year: 2009

Related People

  • Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)

    Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797

    Nationality: British

    Biography: Artist.

Self-Portrait in a Black Feathered Hat

Date: c. 1770 - 1773

Medium: Pastels on blue paper.

Object Type:Drawing
Dimensions:Support: 533 × 368 mm (21 × 14 1/2 in.)
Provenance:Not recorded in Wright's Account Book; offered in the post-humous sale of Wright’s friend and patron, John Leigh Philips at Winstanley & Taylor, Manchester, 31 October 1814 (lot 51, as ‘Portrait of himself in fancy dress. Capital’) and purchased by ‘Boulton £4.4.0; …; with William Bemrose, the husband of one of Wright’s direct descendants, by 1883; …; with a client of Frost and Reed of Bristol, from whom purchased by Derby Museums in 1953. Note that this object has an incomplete provenance for the years 1933-1945.
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Item Ref:1953-186