Title: Joseph Wright of Derby
Venue: WALKERARTGALLERY
Dates: from 11/04/1958 to 18/05/1958
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby
Dates: from 31/05/1958 to 21/06/1958
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby
Dates: from 21/04/1979 to 21/07/1979
Title: Wright of Derby
Dates: from 07/02/1990 to 22/04/1990
Title: Wright of Derby
Dates: from 17/05/1990 to 23/07/1990
Title: Wright of Derby
Dates: from 06/09/1990 to 02/12/1990
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby 'the dawn of taste' in Liverpool
Dates: from 17/11/2007 to 24/02/2008

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby 1734 - 1797
Sub-Title: An introduction to the work of Joseph Wright of Derby with a catalogue of drawings held by Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Published on the occasion of an exhibition commemorating the Bicentenary of the artist's death.
Published Place: Derby
Published Year: 1997

Wright, Joseph (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: British artist.

A Philosopher by Lamplight (or An Hermit)

Date: exhibited 1769

Medium: oil on canvas

Object Type:	painting
Dimensions:	Frame: 1499 x 1245 x 76 mm (59 x 49 x 3 in.) Support: 1282 x 1016 mm (50 1/2 x 40 in.)
Inscriptions:	'I Wright Pinxt' recto, lower left.
Provenance:	Colonel John G. Burton Borough of Chetwynd Park, Salop, by whom bequeathed to Derby Museums in 1961.
Viewing Status:	Contact Us
Item Ref:	1961-508/1
Item Ref:	1961-508/1