#joseph wright of derby
The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire
Joseph Wright of Derby (British; 1734–1797)
1786
Oil on canvas
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
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Two Boys with a Bladder, Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734–1797), ca. 1769-1770
Oil on canvas
A Philosopher Showing an Experiment on the Air Pump, Valentine Green (British, 1739-1813) after Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734–1797), published 1769
Mezzotint on paper
Miss Mary Tunaley (1790-1793). Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734-1797). Oil on canvas. MFA, Boston.
According to family tradition, the sitter, Mary Tunaley, was a particular favorite of Joseph Wright, who in the early 1790s lived near the Tunaley family in Derby, England. She eventually came to Boston with her husband, Francis Boott, a partner in the trading firm Boott & Farrow.
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Joseph Wright of Derby, A lighthouse on fire at night
Two Boys with a Bladder
Joseph Wright of Derby, c. 1769-1770
