Author ss: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75) / On-site Access: Not on view

1. A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1780 to 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Dr. Richard Wright

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1785 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 3/4 × 24 3/4 inches (75.6 × 62.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Portrait of a Man, Known as the "Indian Captain"

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 90 1/4 x 54 1/2 inches (229.2 x 138.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Prisoner

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1787 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 18 1/2 inches (40.6 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Lake Albano

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1790 to 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/4 × 21 1/2 inches (36.2 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Matlock Dale, looking toward Black Rock Escarpment

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1780 and 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 x 30 inches (58.4 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Studies of a Classical Bust

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1774 to 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 × 16 7/8 inches (50.8 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Dovedale

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 × 33 1/4 inches (64.1 × 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Cavern, near Naples

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Pamela Askew
On View:: Not on view

10. Cottage on Fire at Night

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1785 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/4 × 31 1/2 inches (56.5 × 80 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Lake Nemi

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/4 × 21 1/2 inches (36.2 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (44.8 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1795 and 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches (56.5 x 80 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 73 x 60 inches (185.4 x 152.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. The Dead Soldier

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 × 50 inches (101.6 × 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Vesuvius from Posillipo

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 25 x 33 inches (63.5 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. William and Margaret from Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry'

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 x 55 inches (121.9 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Matlock Tor by Moonlight

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1777 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Lake Scene

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 x 30 inches (53.3 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968 in memory of Sophie D. Coe
On View:: Not on view

20. A Lake by Moonlight

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1780 to 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 × 29 3/4 inches (62.2 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/16 x 50 1/4 inches (101.8 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Self-Portrait

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 28 3/4 inches (61 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

23. Landscape with a Rainbow

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1793 and 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 × 39 5/16 inches (69.9 × 99.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Duncan Robinson, Director, Yale Center for British Art (1981–1995)
On View:: Not on view

24. Academy by Lamplight

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 39 3/4 inches (127 x 101 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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1. A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset

2. Dr. Richard Wright

3. Portrait of a Man, Known as the "Indian Captain"

4. The Prisoner

5. Lake Albano

6. Matlock Dale, looking toward Black Rock Escarpment

7. Studies of a Classical Bust

8. Dovedale

9. Cavern, near Naples

10. Cottage on Fire at Night

11. Lake Nemi

12. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

13. Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance

14. The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire

15. The Dead Soldier

16. Vesuvius from Posillipo

17. William and Margaret from Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry'

18. Matlock Tor by Moonlight

19. Lake Scene

20. A Lake by Moonlight

21. Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus

22. Self-Portrait

23. Landscape with a Rainbow

24. Academy by Lamplight