1734-1797 British Joseph Wright Gallery English painter. He painted portraits, landscapes and subjects from literature, but his most original and enduringly celebrated works are a few which reflect the philosophical and technological preoccupations of the later 18th century and are characterized by striking effects of artificial light. He was the first major English painter to work outside the capital all his life: apart from spells in Liverpool (1768-71), Italy (1773-5) and Bath (1775-7), he lived and worked in his native Derby, though exhibiting in London at both the Society of Artists (1765-76, 1791) and the Royal Academy (1778-82, 1789-90, 1794  Related Paintings of Joseph Wright :. | Portrait of Rev D Ewes Coke | Details of A Philosopher giving a Lecture on the Orrery | The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus or The Alchemist in Search of the Philosophers Stone | An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump | Hohle am Abend |
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