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Derby origin
Joseph Wright ARA (3 September – 29 August ), styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter.
Three persons viewing the gladiator by candlelight
He toured the East Midlands as a portrait painter in and worked in Liverpool from to ; otherwise he practiced in Derby, and the bulk of his output was portraiture.
Population of derby
Described by the art historian F.D. Klingender as ‘the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution’, Joseph Wright was born in Iron Gate, Derby, on September 3, Missing: albert.
Derby city
Joseph Wright of Derby was the artist of the Industrial Revolution, the right man in the right place at the right time, and it is for his spectacular canvasses depicting the wonders of modern .