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Joseph Wright of Derby

English painter
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
Period: Romanticism
Grandchild: Maria Cade