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Belisarius Receiving Alms
Date: 1775
Medium: Pen, ink, and brown wash over pencil on paper.
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Firework Display, 'Girandola', over the Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome
Date: c. 1774-1775
Medium: Pen and ink and grey wash over pencil on paper.
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Read More![Drawing of a nocturnal townscape, illuminated by fire (or the light of fireworks?) with a plume of smoke rising. Inscribed to recto (position?): '1774 210 Rome June 4th 1774' and to top left: '[illegible number?]'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), 1774, pen with bistre wash on yellow toned paper.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/images/media/local/54826.jpeg "Fireworks (or Fire?) in Rome")
Fireworks (or Fire?) in Rome
Date: 04.06.1774
Medium: Pen with bistre wash on toned yellow paper.
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Joseph Wright
Date: 1767-1770
Medium: Pastels on buff coloured paper, laid on canvas.
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Landscape Study (based on the blot drawing in the manner of Alexander Cozens)
Date: c. 1770
Medium: Black ink and sepia ink washes over pencil on tinted laid paper.
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Landscape Study, Limestone Tor, Derwent Valley
Date: c. 1783-1787
Medium: Ink washes over pencil on laid paper.
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Master John Prideaux Basset, after John Faber Junior, after Allan Ramsay
Date: 1750 or 1751
Medium: Pen and ink and ink wash on tan washed, laid paper.
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Pastoral Figure Group
Date: c. 1750
Medium: Graphite, pen and ink, and ink wash on paper.
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Read More![Letter written by Joseph Wright to an unknown recipient, with a study of a view of Castel Sant'Angelo and Saint Peter's in Rome. The letter is contained within a column on the right side of the sheet and reads: 'The collourd drawing I will do for you must be upon a larger scale and sent by a friend as I don't wish do them as letters but I presume the inclos'd sent as sketches of observation or possibly to remove any doubt in regard to particular objects as I take them as faithfully as I can and shall do the others. Also in the mean time I beg you will make no scruple in mentioning any particular objects that you wish as I have justly every reason to have the greatest esteem for you and having experienc'd your sincerity and friendship, I beg you will mention no more about the prices, have you heard any more about the Bishop he told me he was to take Derby in his way to Ireland and talk to you about this picture I should be glad to know; when I go to Naples, as I must go some time hence to make a view of the Lake of Avernus as a companion for the lake of Albano for the Duke of Chabaud I will send you some drawings [-torn] you would wish'. The letter continues on the verso and includes an annotated study of the Castel Sant'Angelo and Saint Peter's during the Girandola in pencil, and pen and ink. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), 1774. Pencil, pen and ink wash on laid paper. Displayed in a cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1937_739_5a.jpg "Recto: A Letter from the Artist in Rome, with a View of the Castel Sant'Angelo and Saint Peter's")
Recto: A Letter from the Artist in Rome, with a View of the Castel Sant'Angelo and Saint Peter's
Date: 1774
Medium: Pencil, pen and ink, and coloured washes on laid paper.
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Read More![Drawing suggestive of figures, loosely sketched in ink wash, partly on top of a study of a man holding a mask in red chalk. Inscribed top left (handwritten in pencil): 'Jos Wright / Po[illegible]'. Also to lower right, in same hand: 'Idea for [illegible]?'. Verso contains a faint study of a woman reading in red chalk. Made by Joseph Wright (1734-1797), date unknown. Ink wash and red chalk on paper.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1937_739_53a.jpg "Recto: Blot Drawing Suggesting Figures")
Recto: Studies of Legs and Feet, after the Antique
Date: c. 1774-1775
Medium: Pen and ink and ink wash over pencil on paper.
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Read More![Drawing of the interior of a room, with the figure of a semi-nude man lying on the floor, his ankles shackled. Above him is a hanging lantern. Identified as a study for the now lost painting titled 'The Captive King', by Joseph Wright of Derby. Along the bottom edge of the drawing is a scale bar and, to the left and right, the vanishing points are marked. Inscribed below drawing (handwritten in ink): 'Scale of [illegible] Inches', and to left (handwritten in ink): 'vanishing / point / [?] Inches from mark', and to right (handwritten in ink): 'Horizontal / line' and 'vanishing / point'. On the verso is a letter. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), or Peter Perez Burdett (1734-1793), c. 1772-73. Pen and ink and ink wash, with pencil, on paper. Displayed in a cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1914_517_78a.jpg "Recto: Study for 'The Captive King'")
Recto: Study for 'The Captive King'
Date: c. 1772-1773
Medium: Pen and ink and ink wash, with pencil, on laid paper.
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Recto: Study of 'Silenus with the Infant Dionysus', after the Antique
Date: 8.5.1774
Medium: Pencil and charcoal on laid paper, toned with green wash.
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Recto: Study of a Bust, after the Antique
Date: 1774-1775
Medium: Pen and ink and grey wash over pencil on paper.
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Recto: Study of a Landscape
Date: c.1780-1781
Medium: Black and white chalk and wash on blue-green paper.
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Recto: Study of a Portrait of Dr William King, after Thomas Hudson
Date: c. 1757-1760
Medium: Black and white chalk on buff paper.
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Read More![Study of a portrait of Sir John Philipps, after John Faber Junior, after Thomas Hudson. The sitter faces the viewer with his body turned to the right. He wears a light coloured, shoulder-length wig, white neck stock with jabot frills below, and a collarless coat. Inscribed on the verso, lower left (handwritten in red chalk): 'Jos. Wright fecit. September 2[illegible] 1751 / Sr. John Philipps'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), after John Faber Junior (1694-1756), after Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), 1751. Black and white chalk on blue paper. Displayed in a cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1996_1_96a.jpg "Recto: Study of a Portrait of Sir John Philipps, after John Faber Junior, after Thomas Hudson.")
![Portrait study of a man, head and shoulders only, facing slightly to the right, identified as a study of a portrait of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, after a mezzotint engraving by John Faber Junior, after a painting by Thomas Hudson. He wears a white neckcloth, decorated waistcoat, and coat. His shoulder-length hair (probably a wig) is curled. Inscribed on the verso, above the foot (handwritten in black chalk): 'Jos. Wright fecit [illegible] 31st 1751 / Sr. Watkin Williams Wynn'. On the verso is a study of a foot, after the Antique. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), after John Faber Junior (died 1756), after Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), 1751. Black and white chalk on blue paper, in cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1996_1_95a.jpg "Recto: Study of a Portrait of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, after John Faber Junior, after Thomas Hudson")
Recto: Study of a Tree and a Figure
Date: c. 1774
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on green-washed paper.
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![Recto: Study of a woman's left arm, in Van Dyck dress, with a pearl neck line, in a feigned oval; the sleeve is slashed and decorated with a bow, her cuff is made from lace. Inscribed below, to the right: 'White & Blew' and along the top edge of the sheet: '[purple?] Velvet Straw-Coloured Waistcoat, silver laced Hat, ditto'. Brown staining to lower half of drawing. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797). Black and white chalk on blue paper, in cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1996_1_41a.jpg "Recto: Study of a Woman's Left Arm, in Van Dyck Dress, with a Pearl Embroidered Neck Line")
Recto: Study of a Woman's Right Arm, in Van Dyck Dress
Date: c. 1755-7
Medium: black and white chalk, with ink, on blue paper
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Recto: Study of Charles Knowles, after Thomas Hudson
Date: c. 1751
Medium: black and white chalk on buff grey prepared paper
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Recto: Study of the 'Sarcophagus of Gerontia', after the Antique
Date: 1774
Medium: Pen and brown ink over pencil on mauve-washed laid paper.
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Recto: Two Continental Landscape Studies on One Sheet of Paper
Date: c.1773-1775
Medium: Ink wash over pencil on cream laid paper.
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Studies of a Gentleman three-quarter standing, a hand and a Cravat(?)
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Medium: Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, faded to buff.
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Studies of a Woman's Arms, one leaning on a Cushion, original source unknown
Date: c. 1755 - 1757
Medium: black and white chalk on blue paper
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Studies of Hands
Date: c.1753-1754
Medium: Charcoal and white chalk on tan paper.
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Study for 'An Iron Forge'
Date: 1772
Medium: Pen and ink and ink wash, over pencil, heightened with white on paper.
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Read More![Drawing of the interior of a tomb through an arch. To the left is a broken door, hanging lamp, and bench; to the right a large sarcophagus. Inscribed on recto, on the floor of the tomb (handwritten in pencil): 'The Seat of Ye figures' and recto, across bottom (handwritten in ink): 'Perhaps the Niech[sic] wch. contains the Sarcophagus wd. be better removed a little more to the right, wch. wd. give a greater breadth of illuminated wall..'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), 1774. Pencil and pen and ink on paper. Displayed in cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1914_517_77.jpg "Study for 'Romeo and Juliet'")
Study for a Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman, Three-quarter Length Standing
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Medium: Black and white chalks on blue laid paper (faded to buff).
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Study for the Portrait of John Wright, the Artist's Father
Date: 1753-1755
Medium: Black and white chalks on blue laid paper.
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Study for the Portrait of the Artist's Daughter, Anna Romana Wright
Date: c. 1776-1777
Medium: Pencil and conte crayon on laid paper.
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Study of 'Cincinnatus', after the Antique
Date: 1771
Medium: Pencil and black chalk, partially stumped, with white chalk on brown laid paper.
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Study of 'Juno', after the Antique
Date: 31.03.1775
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on laid paper.
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Study of 'Nymph Washing her Foot', after Adriaen de Vries
Date: c. 1760-1769
Medium: Black and white chalk on grey-brown prepared paper.
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Study of 'The Apollo Belvedere', after the Antique
Date: 1774
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on laid paper washed grey-blue.
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Read More![Drawing of a nude male figure, reclining, identified as the sculpture known as the 'Barberini Faun'. Inscribed on recto, to lower left (handwritten in ink): 'Rome / P. Barbarini [sic] / March 15th -1775' and to lower right (handwritten in ink): '4'. Sheet is heavily stained and lft and right sides have been cut down. Made by Joseph Wright (1734 - 1797), 1775. Pen and ink over pencil on cream laid paper. Displayed in a cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1914_517_32.jpg "Study of 'The Barberini Faun', after the Antique")
Study of 'The Barberini Faun', after the Antique
Date: 15.3.75
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on cream laid paper.
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Study of 'The Dead Asiatic', after the Antique
Date: 2.10.1774
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on off-white laid paper.
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Study of 'The Dead Asiatic', after the Antique
Date: 1.10.1774
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on laid paper, toned with grey-blue wash.
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Study of a Boy, Shielding a Candle with his Hand.
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Medium: Black and white chalks on buff laid paper, coloured blue.
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Study of a Family Group
Date: c. 1750
Medium: Pen and ink and ink wash over pencil on cream laid paper.
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Study of a Female Figure Leaning on an Urn
Date: c.1775
Medium: Pencil, charcoal, and ink and ink wash on paper.
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Study of a Female Figure, after the Antique
Date: c. 1774-1775
Medium: Pencil and charcoal and grey wash on paper.
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Study of a Fragment of the Ara Pacis Augusta
Date: 1774
Medium: Pen, ink, and grey ink wash, over pencil on paper.
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Study of a Lady, Full-length Holding a Basket of Flowers
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Medium: Black and white chalks on blue paper, faded to buff.
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Study of a Lady's 'Silver Stomacher' after Allan Ramsay
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Medium: Black and white chalks on blue laid paper (faded to buff).
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Study of a Man's Head in the manner of Piazzetta
Date: 1751-1755
Medium: Black and white chalks on buff coloured laid paper.
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Study of a Man's Left Hand, in a Lace Cuff, Original Source Unknown
Date: c. 1757 - 1760
Medium: black and white chalk on blue paper
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Study of a Mr Cade
Date: c. 1775
Medium: Pencil, white heightening and charcoal(?) on pink paper.
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Study of a Roman God or Emperor Statue ('Captive Gaul'?), after the Antique
Date: 1775
Medium: Pen and ink with brown wash, over pencil on laid paper.
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Study of a Tree
Date: c. 1786-1790
Medium: Ink over pencil and charcoal on paper.
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Study of a Woman (possibly for the Portrait of Hannah Wright, the Artist's Mother)
Date: 1753-1755
Medium: Black and white chalks on blue laid paper.
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Study of a Woman in a Satin Gown, original source unknown
Date: c. 1755 - 1757
Medium: black and white chalk on blue paper
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Read More![Study of a woman, torso and arms only, holding a mask in her left hand, her right hand by her side, wearing an open-fronted satin gown, puffed sleeves decorated with bows, and lace cuffs. Inscribed below drawing, to lower left: '[This?] Line is / near the / [ri]ght Side'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797). Black and white chalk on blue paper, in cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1996_1_42.jpg "Study of a Woman in Van Dyck Dress, Holding a Mask")
![Study of a woman, head and torso only, in a feigned oval, her body turned to the right, her face forward, her left hand raised. Her face lacks detail, just a few bare guidelines and the outline of a nose, eyebrows, and mouth. Greater detail has been lavished on her costume, which appears Van Dyck-like in style, including a puffed and scalloped sleeve, decorated with rows of pearls. She is surrounded by a silk or gauze drape. Inscribed below, 'Blew Sattin & yell [crossed through] Red Gauze'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797). Black and white chalk on blue paper, in cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1996_1_33.jpg "Study of a Woman, after Thomas Hudson")
Study of a Woman's Arm in a Plain Satin Dress with a Pearl-drop Sleeve, original source unknown
Date: c. 1755-1757
Medium: black and white chalk on blue laid paper
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Study of a Young Man's Head
Date: c. 1751
Medium: black and white chalk on buff coloured paper
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Study of an 'Amazon', after the Antique
Date: c. 1774-1775
Medium: Pencil and charcoal on white laid paper.
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![Drawing of a landscape featuring a river running through a gorge, with high tree-lined cliffs/banks to either side, possibly in Italy. To the right is a church and shrine, accessed by a bridge. Inscribed top right (handwritten in ink): 'JW Italy'. Also, colour notes handwritten in pencil on the drawing: 'Gray'[sic]; 'Purp'; 'White'; 'W'; 'Red'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), c. 1774-1775. Pencil and on cream laid paper.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1937_739_51.jpg "Study of an Italian Church and Shrine within a Landscape")
Study of an Italian Landscape with Buildings
Date: c.1774-1775
Medium: Ink washes over pencil on cream laid paper.
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Study of an Open Hearth with Fire
Date: c. 1774-1775
Medium: Pen and sepia ink, and ink wash on paper.
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Study of Asa, after Michelangelo
Date: c. 1774
Medium: Pen, ink, and ink wash, over pencil on paper.
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Study of Clouds by Moonlight
Date: 1750-1769
Medium: black and white chalk on blue laid paper
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Study of Daniel, after Michelangelo
Date: c. 1774
Medium: Pen, ink, and ink wash, over pencil on paper.
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Study of Ezechias, after Michelangelo
Date: c. 1774
Medium: Pen, ink, and ink wash, over pencil on paper.
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Study of Figures from a Sarcophagus Relief depicting the 'Education of the Infant Dionysus', after the Antique
Date: 31.5.1774
Medium: Pen and ink on light green washed paper.
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Study of Goddesses and Cupids, after the Antique
Date: 3.5.1774
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on paper toned brown.
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Study of Josias, after Michelangelo
Date: c. 1774
Medium: Pen, ink, and ink wash, over pencil on paper.
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Study of Otrano in the Bay of Salerno
Date: c. 1774-1775
Medium: Pencil and pen and ink on cream laid paper.
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Study of Ozias, after Michelangelo
Date: c. 1774
Medium: Pen, ink, and ink wash, over pencil on paper.
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Study of Part of the Colosseum (Seen in Sunlight)
Date: c. 1774-1775
Medium: Pen and ink and ink wash over pencil on paper.
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Study of Rocks and Trees
Date: 1782
Medium: Pen and ink and grey ink wash over pencil on laid paper.
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Study of Rocks and Trees
Date: c. 1774
Medium: Ink and grey ink wash over pencil on paper.
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Study of Roman Ruins
Date: 1774-1775
Medium: Pen and ink and grey ink wash over pencil on paper.
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Study of St Mark with a Lion, after Crispijn de Passe, after Gortzius Geldorp
Date: c. 1750
Medium: Pen and ink and ink wash over pencil on laid paper.
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![Drawing of a nude male figure, reclining, identified as a study of the ancient sculpture known as the 'Barberini Faun'. He is viewed in profile, from his right side. Inscribed on recto, to lower left (handwritten in ink): 'Rome / Barbarini [sic] Pal. / March 22d.' and to upper right (handwritten in ink): '100'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), 1775. Pen and ink over pencil on laid paper. displayed in a cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1914_517_40.jpg "Study of the 'Barberini Faun', after the Antique")
Study of the 'Belvedere Hermes', after the Antique
Date: 1775
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on light blue paper.
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Study of the 'Borghese Gladiator', after the Antique
Date: c. 1764-1765
Medium: Pen and ink and grey wash over pencil on brown paper.
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Study of the 'Colossal Statue of Apollo Citharoedus', after the Antique
Date: 10.6.1774
Medium: Pen and ink and grey wash over pencil on laid paper.
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Study of the 'Deification of Quintus Horatius Flaccus', after Balthasar Bernaerts and Jan Goeree
Date: c.1750
Medium: Pen and ink and ink wash over pencil on white paper.
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Study of the 'Dying Gaul', after the Antique
Date: 16.4.1774
Medium: Pencil and charcoal on white laid paper.
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Study of the 'Huntsman and Dog', after the Antique
Date: 18.5.1775
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on laid paper, toned with green wash.
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Study of the Belvedere Hermes, after the Antique
Date: 1775
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on light blue paper.
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Study of the Cuman Sibyl, after Michelangelo
Date: c. 1774-1775
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with grey wash over pencil on paper.
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Read More![Drawing of a sea battle, near a harbour, identified as a scene from the 'Grand Assault' on Gibraltar, September 1782. In the foreground, a flotilla of British rowing and gunboats fires towards a line of Spanish 'battering ships', identified by the hipped roof structure seen upon the deck. To the left is a 'Xebec'; a small warship peculiar to the Mediterranean able to operate under sail or oars. Inscribed to recto, top right (handwritten in pencil): 'Continued on as[?] in your Sketch'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), c.1783-5, pencil on white laid paper.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1937_739_59.jpg "Study of the Grand Assault on Gibraltar, September 1782")
Study of the Prophet Zacharias, after Michelangelo,
Date: c. 1774-1775
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with grey wash over pencil on paper.
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Study of Trees
Date: c.1786-1790
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil with charcoal on laid paper.
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Study of Trees with a House
Date: c. 1786-1790
Medium: Pencil, ink, charcoal, and white heightening on laid paper washed with watercolour.
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Read More![Drawing of two female figures. A figure on the left leans her arm on a pedestal or wall, and holds a book in her hand. To the right, a second figure leans forward on what may be a balcony rail and looks down. Beneath the figures is a fold in the paper, and the remaining sheet is torn off. Inscribed below fold line, and partly obliterated by the tear (handwritten in pencil): 'Here dwelt perpetual[word perpetual crossed through] / a Treasure [illegible] / greater Go Fool'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), c.1770-1772. Pencil and ink on paper. Displayed in a cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1914_517_14.jpg "Study of Two Female Figures")
Study of Two Female Figures
Date: 1770-1772
Medium: Pen and ink and ink wash, over pencil on cream laid paper.
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Study of Zorobabel, after Michelangelo
Date: c. 1774
Medium: Pen, ink, and ink wash, over pencil on paper.
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The Bowder Stone
Date: c. 1794
Medium: Ink wash over pencil on white laid paper.
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The Falls of Tivoli, Rome
Date: c. 1786
Medium: Ink and watercolour washes over pencil on laid paper.
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![Letter written by Joseph Wright to an unknown recipient, with a study of a view of Castel Sant'Angelo and Saint Peter's in Rome during the annual firework display known as the 'Girandola'. The letter (continued from the recto) is contained within a column on the left side of the sheet and reads: 'The dots signifies the torches on the Church; before the Girandola began the reflection of the Dome was seen on the watter over the bridge being in shad'y but in the time of the Girandola it was scarce seen the water being so illumin'd if you choose to represent the Girandola at the finishing you may represent the Pesce which is thrown out at the same time, you cannot imagine how vex'd I am at my disappointment in regard to the prints you was so kind as send to Mr Cooper for me: Mr Petty the Gentleman who was to have brought them cald[sic] at Mr Coopers as I gave him this Direction but he writes that he has been at Mr Coopers who has chang'd his Lodgings and having not left notice with the neighbours where he has gone to so that he cannot find him and obligd[sic] to sett[sic] out without them. I am much surprisd[sic] at Mr Cooper as a man of bu[illegible, but may read 'business'] not to have left word where he was gone to lodge'. Inscribed on the drawing (handwritten in ink): 'Blackish and Transparent', 'Blueish smoke of the cannon', 'The local colour as much lost', and 'light'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), 1774. Pencil, pen and ink on laid paper. Displayed in a cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1937_739_5b.jpg "Verso: A Letter from the Artist in Rome, with a View of the Castel Sant'Angelo and Saint Peter's during the Girandola")
Verso: Studies of Figures
Date: c. 1774
Medium: Pencil and pen and ink on buff-coloured paper.
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Verso: Studies of the Sarcophagus with the 'Indian Triumph of Bacchus', after the Antique
Date: 1774
Medium: Pen and ink over pencil on mauve-washed paper.
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Verso: Study of a Female Figure, after the Antique
Date: c. 1774-1775
Medium: Pen and ink over faint charcoal on paper.
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![Study of a foot, after the Antique, seen from behind. Inscribed above the foot (handwritten in black chalk): 'Jos. Wright fecit [illegible] 31st 1751 / Sr. Watkin Williams Wynn'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797). Black and white chalk on blue paper, in cream window mount.](https://derbymuseumstrailmaker.com/jwimages/Thumbs/1996_1_95b.jpg "Verso: Study of a Foot, after the Antique")
Verso: Study of a Landscape (Lake by Moonlight?)
Date: c.1780-1781
Medium: Pen and ink and ink wash over pencil with white chalk on blue-green paper.
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Verso: Two Continental Landscape Studies on One Sheet of Paper
Date: c. 1773-1775
Medium: Ink wash over pencil on cream laid paper.
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Vesuvius, Evening
Date: c. 1774
Medium: Ink wash over pencil on white laid paper.
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View through an Archway, Rome
Date: c. 1774-1775
Medium: Pen and ink and grey wash over pencil on paper.
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