- Title:
Joseph Wright of Derby
- Former Title(s):
Portrait of a Youth
Self-Portrait
Self Portrait
Portrait of an artist. [1778, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- between 1774 and 1776
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 26 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches (67.3 x 56.5 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.369
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.369FR
- Subject Terms:
- black | brown | costume | man | oval | portrait | red | self-portrait | turban | volcano
- Associated People:
- Wright, Joseph, of Derby (1734–1797), painter
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:857
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Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-05-22 - 2008-08-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool (Walker Art Gallery, 2007-11-17 - 2008-02-24) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Artists' Portraits (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-02-06 - 2002-03-24) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Elizabeth E. Barker, Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool, Yale University Press, Liverpool New Haven, 2007, pp. 57-8, 192, no. 72, fig. 66, NJ18 W95 B36 2007 + (YCBA) [YCBA]
Christie's sale catalogue : Catalogue of a valuable assemblage of ancient and modern pictures : 23 July 1887, Christie's, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, July 23, 1887, p. 16, lot 132, Fiche B51 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Christie's sale catalogue : Old pictures and drawings from various sources : 28 February 1958, Christie's, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, February 28, 1958, p. 11, Lot 80, Fiche B51 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 126-127, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 135 (v.1); p. 224 (v.2), no. 257, pl. 224, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 64 (v.1), no. 233, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA) [YCBA]