WRIGHT, Joseph
(b. 1734, Derby, d. 1797, Derby)

Self-Portrait Aged 59 in a Grey-Brown Coat

1793
Oil on canvas, 58 x 43 cm
Private collection

The sheer breadth of Wright's achievements as a painter are illustrated not only by his work as a portraitist (where he is the equal of any artist of his age), his and innovatory dramatic candle-lit and scientific pictures, but also in his many and varied landscapes.




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