Joseph Wright of Derby
English painter
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Joseph Wright ARA, styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution". Wikipedia
Born: September 3, 1734, Derby, United Kingdom
Died: August 29, 1797 (age 62 years), Derby, United Kingdom
Children: Anna Romana Wright, Joseph Wright, John Wright, and more
Period: Romanticism
Grandchild: Maria Cade
Parents: John Wright and Hannah Brookes
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