See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• JOSEPH WRIGHT (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

WRIGHT (1734-1797)  , styled See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright of See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby, See also:

• ENGLISH

English subject, landscape and portrait painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Derby on the 3rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1734, the son of an See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney, who was afterwards See also:

• TOWN

town-clerk . Deciding to become a painter, he went to See also:

• LONDON

London in 1751 and for two years studied under See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson, the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of See also:

• REYNOLDS, JOHN FULTON (182o-1863)
• REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA (1723-1792)
• REYNOLDS, WALTER (d. 1327)

Reynolds . After See also:

• PAINTING

painting portraits for a while at Derby, he again placed himself for fifteen months under his former master . He then settled in Derby, and varied his See also:

• WORK

work in See also:

• PORTRAITURE

portraiture by the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of the subjects seen under artificial See also:

• LIGHT

light with which his name is chiefly associated, and by landscape painting . He married in 1773, and in the end of that See also:

• YEAR

year he visited See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, where he remained till 1775 . While at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples he witnessed an eruption of See also:

• VESUVIUS (also Vesevus in ancient poets)

Vesuvius, which formed the subject of many of his subsequent pictures . On his return from Italy he established himself at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath as a portrait-painter; but See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting with little encouragement he returned to Derby, where he spent the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life . He was a frequent contributor to the exhibitions of the Society of Artists, and to those of the Royal See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, of which he was elected an See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate in 1781 and a full member in 1784 . He, however, declined the latter See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of a slight which he believed that he had received, and severed his See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official connexion with the Academy, though he continued to contribute to the exhibitions from 1783 till 1794 . He died at Derby on the 2gth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1797 . Wright's portraits are frequently defective in See also:

• DRAWING

drawing, and without quality or variety of handling, while their flesh tints are often hard . He is seen at his best in his subjects of artificial light, of which the " See also:

• ORRERY
• ORRERY, ROGER BOYLE, 1ST EARL OF (1621-1679)

Orrery " (1766), the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation of Derby, and the " See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

Air-See also:

• PUMP

pump " (1768), in the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery, are excellent examples .

His " Old See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man and See also:

• DEATH

Death " (1774) is also a striking and individual production . An See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition of Wright's See also:

• WORKS

works was brought together at Derby in 1883, and twelve of his pictures were shown in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter exhibition of the Royal Academy in 1886 . His See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography, by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Bemrose, was published in 1885 .