1854-1937  Related Paintings of Henry Raschen :. | David Garrick as Abel Drugger in Jonson's The Alchemist | Competition on the Capitoline Hill | The Adoration of the Shepherds | Portrait einer Dame | Three Orientals |
Related Artists:
JH Carse
Australian Painter, ca.1819-1900
Jean-Simon Fournier
(1791-1799 ) - Painter
WRIGHT, Joseph
English painter (b. 1734, Derby, d. 1797, Derby). Painter, known as Wright of Derby, where he was born and spent most of his life. He earned a living as a portrait painter, while he experimented with the effects of light and industrial and scientific subjects, reflecting the interests of his day. Two of his best-known works come from this period, A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (1766, Derby) and An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768, Tate).