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Mezzotint-engraving after Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). 'The Blacksmith's Shop'. The view is of the interior of a blacksmith's shop with 3 blacksmiths, 2 young boys and an elderly man learning on a staff. 3 young men are gathered in the archway around a candle. This is the engraving after painting in the collection at the Yale Center for British Art. Inscription: bottom left 'Joseph Wright Pinxit' bottom left 'Rich'd Earlom Sculpsit' centre 'John Boydell exudit, 1771/A Blacksmith's Shop./From the Original Picture Painted by Mr joseph Wright/In the collection of the Right Honorable Lord Melbourne/Size of the Picture 3f 4i by 4f 2i in Height Published Aug 25th,1771by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside London'. Made by Richard Earlom (1743-1822). Mezzotint-engraving and etching. Paper.

A Blacksmith's Shop

Date: 1771

Medium: Mezzotint-engraving and etching.

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Mezzotint-engraving after Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). 'A Farriers Shop' 1771. The view looking into the farrier's shop with 2 farrier's and a horse entering. The shop is a little derelict with a thatched roof and remains of a gothic arch. Horse shoes and tools scatter the walls and floor. Inscription: bottom left handside 'JW Pinxit', bottom centre 'Published Dec 2nd 1771', bottom right hand side 'W.Pether Fecit'. Made by William Pether (1738-1821). Mezzotint-engraving and etching. Paper

A Farrier's Shop

Date: 1771

Medium: Mezzotint-engraving and etching.

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Mezzotint of, 'A Philosopher lecturing on an Orrery' by William Pether, after Wright of Derby; P.P.Burdett has white thread line from his chin; Mezzotint of, 'A Philosopher lecturing on an Orrery' by William Pether, after Wright of Derby; Mezzotint, 'Philosopher giving a lecture on the Orrery' engraved by William Pether

A Philosopher Lecturing on an Orrery

Date: 1768

Medium: Mezzotint and etching.

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Mezzotint engraving after Joseph Wright (1734-1797), A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump,1769. An interior scene with a natural philosopher (scientist), centre facing the viewer, is conducting an experiment with a bird to show the effects when air is pumped out or into the glass reciever. Circled around the table are eight people including two children who can't bare to watch, two lovers distracted by each other and there is a ninth young man holding the birdcage. There are other scientific apparatus on the table. Inscription: bottom left 'Jos. Wright Pinxit 1768 middle centre 'J. Boydell Exc' bottom right 'Val. Green Fecit.et'. Made by Valentine Green (1739-1813). Mezzotint-engraving and etching.Cropped. Paper.

A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump

Date: 1769

Medium: Mezzotint-engraving and etching.

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engraving after Joseph Wright; 'An Academy by Lamplight'

An Academy by Lamplight

Date: 1772

Medium: Mezzotint.

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Mezzotint-engraving after Joseph Wright (1734-1797). `The Alchymist' Drawing upon such traditions, Wright’s alchemist kneels in awe before a flask from which a jet of phosphorus gas is released ‘and prays for the successful conclusion of his operation.’ Behind him two assistants, until recently engaged in extraction of lead from lead ore, stare on or point in amazement. Phosphorus was first discovered in 1676 and it is perhaps this event that Wright depicts here, the alchemist and his assistants’ ambiguous costume and gothic setting conveying some sense of a historical past. Inscribed, Bottom left hand corner 'JW Pinxit' centre 'An Alchymist/Published September 1775 and sold by W.Pether in Broad Street St James'' bottom right hand corner`Wm Pether Fecit'. Engraving after Wright; 'The Alchymist', Made by William Pether (1738-1821).Mezzontint-engraving and etching. Paper.

An Alchymist

Date: 1775

Medium: Mezzotint-engraving and etching.

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Mezzotint-engraving after Joseph Wright of Derby (1797-1734) 'An Iron Forge'. the interior of an iron forge with water-powered hammer. There are two blacksmiths, one working and the other with a family, a lady with three children and a dog. There is an elderly gentleman sat leaning on a staff with one of the children at his side. Inscribed: bottom centre 'An Iron Forge', bottom right hand side 'Jo Wright pinxt 1772' and 'Rd Earlom fec' and 'J Boydell excudit Jan 1 1773'. Made by Richard Earlom (1743-1822). Mezzotint-engraving and etching. Paper.

An Iron Forge

Date: 1773

Medium: Mezzotint engraving and etching.

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Mezzotint-engraving and etching after Joseph Wright (1734-1797). 'Miravan' The scene from 'An History, Miravan, a young Nobleman of Ingria, Breaking Open the Tomb of his Ancestors in Search of Wealth' The subject of this dramatic painting was drawn from John Gilbert Cooper’s Letters Concerning Taste (1771), a contemporary book of stories which related to the judgement of beauty and utility in the arts. Wright transcribed the story of Miravan into his account book, using it as a point of reference for the completion of his picture: “There dwelt a young Nobleman…named Miravan, who was blessed with health, wit, and beauty…which for some years he enjoy’d with the most uninterrupted satisfaction, till one day walking among the tombs of his ancestors, he observ’d upon one of them the following inscription almost erased by time; ‘in this tomb is a greater treasure than Croesus ever possessed.’ Inflamed…with the very lust of avarice, he caused the pond’rous and marble jaws of his ancestor’s sepulchre to be opened…he was struck speechless with disappointment to behold nothing but a heap of bones…with this inscription: Here would have dwelt eternal repose a treasure which Croesus never possessed which thou hast driven hence being excited by an insatiable love of gold.” Bottom left hand corner 'Jos Wright Pinxit', bottom centre 'Published Decem 18th 1772 by J Boydell, Cheapside', bottom right hand corner 'V Green fecit'; condition : very good - some surface scratches and fade mark along lower edge; sheet height 51.5mm sheet width 62mm, plate height 50.7mm plate width 36mm, image height 46.2mm image width 35.7mm; 'Miravan at the Tomb of his Ancestors'. Made by Valentine Green (1739-1813). Mezzotint-engraving and etching. Paper

Miravan

Date: 1772

Medium: Mezzotint-engraving and etching.

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Engraving after Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), 'Miss Kitty dressing'; Two girls are dressing a kitten in dolls clothes. Inscribed: bottom left 'Painted by J. Wright' middle centre 'Miss Kitty Dressing/London Published Feb 20 1781 for Watson and Dickinson No 158 New Bond St' bottom right 'Engraved by J. Watson'. Made by James Watson (1739-1790). Mezzotint and etching. Paper.

Miss Kitty Dressing

Date: 1781

Medium: Mezzotint engraving and etching.

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Engraving after Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), 'The Bradshaw Children'; Portrait of the Bradshaw children, Francis, Annie and Frances (of Joseph Bradshaw of Holbrook, previously Baggaley) with a lamb. Inscribed scratched in pencil: bottom left 'Jos. Wright' bottom right Val Green Fecit' middle centre ' Ryland & Bryer'. Made by Valentine Green (1739-1813). Mezzotint engraving and etching.

The Bradshaw Family

Date: 1769

Medium: Mezzotint engraving and etching.

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Engraving after Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797); 'The Hermit'. Painting of a man in a nocturnal landscape, studying a human skeleton by the light of an oil lamp. He sits within a cave, wearing a brown robe tied at the waist, surrounded by emblems of mortality, including animal bones and an hour glass. To his right, two young men, wearing cockle shells in their hats, move towards him with cautious steps. Inscribed: bottom right 'Jos. Wright Pinx' bottom left 'W. Pether Fecit' middle centre 'Published May 14th 1770 & Sold by W. Pether in G. Russel St, Bloomsbury' scratched in pencil. Made by William Pether (1738-1821). Mezzontint and etching. Paper.

The Hermit

Date: 1770

Medium: Mezzotint engraving and etching.

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Engraving after Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), 'Three Persons viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight'. Three gentlemen (one Peter Perez Burdette are studying a statuette of The Borghese Gladiator by cand⁬lelight. Inscribed: bottom left 'Jos. Wright Pinxt' bottom centre 'Published July 10 1769 by W Pether in Russel Street. Bloomsbury' bottom right 'Wm Pether Fecit'. Scratched in pencil. Made by William Pether (1738-1821). Mezzotint and etching. Paper.

Three Persons viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight

Date: 1769

Medium: Mezzotint engraving and etching.

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