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The Life and Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called "Wright of Derby"

Chapter 44: INDEX OF PERSONS.
By William Bemrose
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This study recounts the artist's life, catalogues major paintings, and assesses techniques and reputation. It emphasizes mastery of candlelit scenes and nuanced use of color—particularly green—praises portraiture that captures sitters' individuality, and highlights large-scale, theatrically lit compositions that combine clear design with dignified poses. The author situates the artist among predecessors and contemporaries, discusses versatility across portraits, landscapes, and genre pieces, and points out limits in imagination or texture. The volume pairs critical commentary with etchings and plates and argues for renewed appreciation of the artist's range and technical skill.

INDEX OF PERSONS.

  • Allen, Mr., 102.
  • Almond, Rev., 5.
  • Angelo, Michael, 39, 41, 42, 69, 90, 91, 93, 111.
  • Arkwright, Richard, 42, 51, 84.
  •   „   Elizabeth, 42.
  •   „   F. C., 42, 84.
  •   „   John, 42.
  •   „   Joseph, 42.
  •   „   Sir Richard, 51, 81, 111.
  • Ashley, Rev., 7.
  • Ayton, Brassey, Lee & Co., 91.
  • Bacon, Mr. (sculptor), 53.
  • Bainbrigge, Thomas, jun., 102.
  • Bakewell, Mr., 103.
  • Barber (artist), 55.
  • Barker, J., 17.
  • Barrow, Mr., 89.
  • Bassano, Mrs., 69.
  • Bates, Dr., 12, 111.
  • Baxter, Mr., 35, 70.
  • Beattie, Dr., 68, 69.
  • Beechy, Sir W., 111.
  • Belper, Lord, 10, 79.
  • Bemrose, W., 26.
  • Bentley, Mr., 48, 69, 80.
  • Berghem, 41.
  • Beridge, Dr., 25, 82.
  •   „  Mrs., 81, 82.
  • Blackwall, Rev., 9.
  • Blake, Mr., 106.
  • Bousfield, Rev. H. N., 52.
  • Boot, Mrs., 10.
  • Botts, 41.
  • Boydell, Alderman, 63, 64, 97, 98, 100, 101.
  • Brentnall, Mr., 29.
  • Brookes, Hannah, 3.
  • Buckley, Edmund, 81.
  • Buckston, Rev. German, 82.
  • Burdett, P. P., 9, 11, 12, 33, 48, 76, 77, 78, 84.
  •   „  Mrs., 78.
  • Cade, Mr., 81.
  •  „  Mrs., 9.
  •  „  Miss, 56.
  • Carleill, Mr., 52.
  •   "  Mrs., 52.
  • Cantrell, Mr., 76.
  • Caracci, Ludivico, 39.
  • Cesar, Mr., 29.
  • Chantrey, Mr. (sculptor), 5.
  • Chesterfield, Lord, 3.
  • Christie, Mr., 106, 107, 111.
  • Clayton, Mr. and Mrs., 30.
  • Clyfford, Mr., 82.
  • Coke, Daniel Parker, 10.
  •  „  Mr., jun., 30, 33.
  • Coleman, Mr., 32, 35.
  • Copley, Mr., 36, 99.
  • Corbould, Mr., 73, 74.
  • Correggio, 35, 36, 38, 40.
  • Cox, Rev. Dr., 1.
  • Cumberland, Duchess of, 44.
  •    "   George, 106.
  • Curtis, Capt. R., 59.
  • Darwin, Erasmus, 56, 69, 79, 80, 87, 95.
  •   "   Reginald. D. D., 80.
  • Daulby, Mr., 85, 86, 87, 88.
  • Day, Mr., 79, 80.
  • Daykene, Anne, 3.
  • Dean, George, 75.
  • Denby, Charles, 9.
  • Denby, Mr. (organist), 9, 10, 76.
  • Derry, Bishop of, 43.
  • Domenichino, 39.
  • Downman, Mr. (artist), 30.
  • Downman, Mrs., 37.
  • Drewry, J., 114.
  • Edkins, William, 106.
  • Egerton, Messrs. T. and J., 3.
  • Eley, Mr., 50.
  • Elliott, General, 59, 76.
  • Fallows, Mr., 47, 78.
  • Farrington, Mr., 48, 66.
  • Ferrers, Lady, 44.
  •   "  Earl, 69, 76, 77, 78.
  • Fitzherberts, The, 50.
  •    "    Alleyne, 51.
  • Flaxman, 82.
  • Flint, Mrs., 30.
  • Forrester, Mr., 37.
  • Fowler, Miss, 30.
  • Fox, Mrs., 28, 30.
  • French, Capt., 31.
  • Fuzeli, Mr., 71.
  • Gainsborough, 16, 44, 45, 67.
  • Garbage, Edmund, 61.
  • Garvey, Mr., 57, 61, 62.
  • Gell, Dorothy, 2.
  • Gibbon, Mr., 78, 79.
  • Gilpin, Mr., 97, 98.
  • Giotto, 40.
  • Girardot & Co., 37.
  • Gisborne, Rev. Thos., 9, 25, 26, 92, 95, 102, 115.
  •   „  John, 51.
  • Gray, Caroline, 3.
  • Gray, Sir James, 3.
  • Greasley, Mr., 31.
  • Greenwood, Mr., 28.
  • Griffith, Hon. Mrs., 25.
  • Hacket, Bishop, 1.
  • Haden, Ann, 11.
  •  „   F. Seymour, 11, 68, 69.
  •  „   Mr., 9, 47, 68, 69.
  •  „   Sarah, 11.
  • Hall, Messrs., 51.
  • Hardman, Mr., 86, 92.
  •   „   Mrs., 64.
  • Harrison, John (singer), 5.
  •   „   J. R., 100.
  • Hayley, Mrs., 81, 82, 83.
  •   "   (Poet), 25, 26, 28, 43, 44, 57, 58, 61, 62, 69, 76, 81, 82, 83, 98.
  •   "   T. A. (sculptor), 69, 82, 83.
  • Heath, Mr., 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 88, 89, 94, 101.
  • Heathcote, Mr., 29.
  • Heathcote, Capt., 30.
  •   „   Col., 30.
  • Heathfield, Lord, 59.
  • Hogarth (artist), 11.
  • Holland, Jno., 26, 53, 79, 96, 102.
  •   "   Mr., Ford House, 52, 111.
  • Holworthy, James, 4.
  • Hope, Rev., 9, 10.
  • Hopner, Mr., 111.
  • Houghton, Lord, 68.
  • Humphrey, Osias, 37.
  • Hudson (portrait painter), 5, 6, 8, 11, 48, 50.
  • Hurleston, 27, 30, 31, 47.
  •   „  F. T., 27.
  • Hurt, Charles, 53.
  •  „ Francis, 42.
  • Jenkins, Mr., 37.
  • Johnson, Dr., 11.
  •   "  John, LL.D., 82.
  • Lansdowne, Lord, 12, 72, 73.
  • Langhorne, Mr., 70.
  • Lawrence, Mr., 111.
  • Long, Mr., 100.
  • Macauley, Miss, 45.
  • Macklin, Mr., 101.
  • Martin, Mr., 64, 66.
  • McNiven, Mr., 91.
  • Meredith, Sir Wm., 34.
  • Meteyard, Miss, 80.
  • Meynell, Mr., 31.
  • Mundy, F. N. C., 10.
  • Montague, Mr., 37.
  • Middiman, Mr., 89.
  • Milbourne, Mr., 63, 93.
  • Miles, Captain, 46.
  •  „  Mr., 46.
  • Milnes, J., 74.
  • Moreland, Mr., 26, 91, 92.
  • Morewood, Mrs., 52.
  • Moreland, Mr., 74.
  • Mortimer (artist), 8, 33, 58, 69, 78, 79.
  • Mosley, Mr., 114.
  • Nash, Jno., 1.
  • Newton, Mr., 58.
  • Noell, Counsellor, 7.
  • Northcote, Mr., 99.
  • Oakes, James, 11.
  • Oliver, Thomas, 10.
  • Oxford, Lord, 8.
  • Orred, Major, 55.
  • Osmaston, John, 77.
  • Overstone, Lord, 74.
  • Raphael, 37, 38, 39.
  • Rawlinson, Mr., 50.
  • Rawson, Mr., 31.
  • Redgrave, Messrs., 26, 41, 58, 66, 67, 68.
  •   „  R., 67.
  •   „  S., 58.
  • Rembrant, 40.
  • Reynolds, Sir Joshua, R.A., 1, 5, 8, 44, 48, 67, 98, 99.
  • Robins, Mr., 16, 17.
  • Rogers, Mr., 101.
  • Romney, Mr., 28, 36, 37, 83, 98.
  • Rought, Thos., 77.
  • Russia, Catherine, Empress of, 30, 35, 80, 85.
  • Sale, Mrs., 76.
  • Salmon, Captain, 40.
  • Scarsdale, Lord, 37.
  • Seward, Anna, 69, 79, 81.
  • Shackleford, Mr., 29.
  • Shaw, Mr., 112, 114.
  • Shelton, Mrs., 28, 30.
  • Sikes, Joseph, 52.
  • Simpson and North, Messrs., 55.
  • Smeeton, J., 110.
  • Smith (artist), 26.
  •  „  Mr., 87, 89.
  • Smirke, Mr., 74.
  • Snowden, G., 76.
  • Sotheby, William, 31, 70.
  • Sproule, Mrs., 44.
  • Stephens, F. G., 62, 81.
  • Sterne, 26, 52, 69, 70.
  • Stevens, Mr., 37.
  • Swift, Ann, 27.
  • Synnott, Walter, 52.
  • Van, Mr. and Mrs., 30.
  • Vandicke, 40.
  • Vasari, Mr., 63, 101.
  • Veronese, Paul, 39, 40.
  • Wallis, Sarah, 4.
  • Ward, Mr. and Miss, 47.
  • Waste, Joan, 56.
  • Watkins, Nan, 78.
  • Wedgwood, Godfrey, 26, 61.
  •   „    Josiah, 26, 48, 69, 80, 83.
  • West, Mr., 98, 99.
  • Whiatt, Mr., 88.
  • Whitehurst, Mr., 34.
  • Wilcockson, Frances, 2.
  • Williams, John, 61, 62.
  • Wilmot, Sir Eardley, 3.
  • Wilson, Capt. John, 2.
  •   "  Dr., 45.
  •   "  Old John, 11.
  •   "  Richard, 1, 53.
  • Winter, Mr., 10.
  • Winterman, A., 76.
  • Winstanley and Taylor, Messrs., 71.
  • Wolcott, Dr., 79.
  • Wolfe, General, 71.
  • Wollett, Mr. (engraver), 5.
  • Wood, Bishop, 1.
  • Wood, Mr., 24.
  • Woodville, Mrs., 55.
  • Woodward, G. W., 56.
  • Woty, W., 77.
  • Wright, Anne Elizabeth, or “Nancy,” 4, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 36, 48.
  •   "  Dr. Richard (of London), 3.
  •   "  “Equity Wright,” 3, 4.
  •   "  Francis, 77.
  •   "  Hannah, 4.
  •   "  Harriett, 103.
  •   "  John, 3.
  •   "  Joseph, 4.
  •   "  Rev. John, 1, 2.
  •   "  Richard (of Derby), 3, 6, 27, 34, 41, 51, 77, 105, 106, 111, 115.
  •   "  Richard (marine painter), 5.

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