Chapter XIV: Appendix: The following interesting Memoranda are taken from Wright’s MS. Book

“Bessy Fritch, at the Green Dragon, a pretty little girl of
the delicate kind.”

“Nancy Nudal, in the Full Street, a pretty little girl.”

“Nancy Mellers, upon the Nun’s Green, against Haslam’s, a
pretty middle-sized girl.”

“Jno. Fletcher, of Osmaston, an old bald-headed man.”

It is very probable that Fletcher sat to Wright for the six
studies of an old man’s head which he painted, five of which
were exhibited in the Derby Art Gallery in 1883.

“Paid for Lottery Ticket, No. 26,815, £13 19. 0, half of which
is for More, £6 19. 6--due to More on this account, £1. 0. 6.
The Lottery Ticket came up a prize of £20, for which I got
£19. 14. 0, half of which is More’s, £9. 17. 0.”

“Paid for lottery ticket, No. 36,123. £15. 1. 0., half of
which is for More, £7. 10. 6.”

SUBJECTS FOR NIGHT PIECES.

“A BLACKSMITH’S SHOP.--Two men forming a bar of iron
into a horse shoe, from whence the light must proceed. An
idle fellow may stand by the anvil in a time-killing posture,
his hands in his bosom, or yawning with his hands stretched
upwards, a little twisting of the body. Horse shoes hanging
upon ye walls, and other necessary things faintly seen, being
remote from the light.

“Out of this room shall be seen another, in which a ffarrier
may be shoeing a horse by the light of a candle. The horse
must be sadled, and a traveller standing by. The servant
may appear with hys horse in his hand, on wh. may be a
portmanteau. This will be an indication of an accident having
happen’d, and shew some reason for shoeing the horse by
candle-light. The moon may appear, and illumine some part of
the horses, if necessary.”

The size of a Kit-cat frame is 3ft. ¼″ × 2ft. 4″
„ a ¾ is 2ft. 6″ × 2ft. 1″
„ an half-length is 4ft. 2″ × 3ft. 4″

For a small whole length the frame should be cut 10 inches
from ye bottom.

A full-length straining frame, 7ft. 10″ × 4ft. 10″
A large full-length 8ft. -- × 5ft. --

From the same MS. book we learn that on one occasion Wright cleaned and restored several paintings for Lord Harrington. The account runs thus:--

FOR LORD HARRINGTON.

Went to Elvaston three times, one of wh. was there a whole
day--

Cleaning a full-length picture 2. 2. 0
A new straining frame hung to the picture of King
Charles 2. 6
Lining, cleaning, & repairing several damaged parts 1. 10. 0
Cleaning & repairing 2 Landskips 12. 0
Cleaning four small pictures, retouching them 10. 0
Cleaning do. two pictures of Venus & Cupid 1. 10. 0
Cleaning & retouching an historical picture of Paul
Veronese. 10. 0
Four Large Historical Pictures clean’d, repaired &
varnish 2. 2. 0

Other interesting items are:--

Chairman 2/6
Shoe buckles 10d.
Paid for letter 10½d.
„ 7½d.
„ 4½d.

The following prices, etc., are copied from a priced catalogue of the sale of the effects of John Leigh Philips, Esq., sold at Manchester in October, 1814, and are useful in identifying sketches, etc., not named in the List of Pictures:--

41 Wright, of Derby.--Four studies, taken on the spot in £1 10 0
Italy

42 „ Three: A study for the figure in
the picture of the Dead Ass, a
fragment in Indian ink, and a
(_Mr. Meynell._) ditto of Walls, in colours fine £2 7 0

44 „ Six drawings from Antiques, made on
the spot, in outline pen £3 13 6

45 „ Two: A Ruin and a Landscape, with
figures in Indian ink £2 0 0

46 „ Three: Interior of a Cabin, Hero &
Leander, & Dog £1 1 0

47 „ Two: Vesuvius and the Interior of a
Church £1 2 0

48 „ Two: View of a Ruin in Rome, Indian
ink, and a ditto in colours;
capital £3 0 0

49 „ Four: Three Studies by Wright, and
a Landscape with figures by
Wilson £3 10 0

50 „ Two Cavern Scenes on the Shores of
Italy. Fine and highly-finished
drawings made on the spot, and
are the originals from which the
two celebrated pictures in the
collection of the late Wm.
(_Mr. Hardman._) Hardman, Esq., were painted £10 10 0

51 „ One: Portrait of himself, in a
fancy dress; capital £4 4 0
Wright’s Drawings, £32 17 6.

OIL PAINTINGS.

13 Wright, of Derby.--A Landscape with a Waterfall. A
spirited representation of a
(_Leeming._) stormy effect £26 15 6

18 „ The Lake of Albano. Spirited
sketch £18 18 0

19 „ The Old Peasant Bewailing the
(_Bateman._) Death of his Ass. From Sterne £34 13 0

21 „ A Cavern Scene, upright £16 5 6

25 „ Neptune’s Grotto, near Tivoli. A
very highly-finished and beautiful
picture of a favourite scene from
(_Mr. E. Flack._) nature £24 3 0

26 „ An Eruption of Vesuvius, destroying
the vineyards. Presumed by Mr.
Wright to be the best picture he
(_H. & A. Wright._) painted of the subject £63 0 0

27 „ The Lighthouse on Fire. A beautiful
and carefully-finished picture,
full of harmonious effect of the
(_Mr. Pares._) union of the moon and fire-light £36 15 0

28 „ A View of the Bay of Naples, from
Pausilipo, with Vesuvius in the
distance. Comp. to last lot, of a
sweet sunny effect, and highly
(_Ablet._) finished £45 3 0

29 „ Rocks and Trees. A very spirited and
(_H. & A. Wright._) clever study £30 9 0

30 „ A Cavern Scene, with a Bridge.
Painted with all that close
delineation of the effects of
nature, for which this master is
(_H. & A. Wright._) so justly celebrated £42 0 0

31 „ The Bridge and Waterfall at Rydal, in
Westmoreland. A charming scene
represented with great success. The
stones seen at the bottom of the
water give an effect to the picture
(_H. Wright_) at once curious and natural £48 6 0

33 „ The Dead Soldier. This acknowledged
_chef-d’œuvre_ of this admired
master, uniting great knowledge of
grouping, excellent drawing, and
correct colouring, with a fine
feeling of sentiment, decidedly
proves the assertion of Mr. Fuzeli,
in his Biographical Notice of Mr.
Wright, that “he once eminently
(_Gould._) succeeded in the pathetic” £315 0 0

Memd., 15th Sep., 1787.--Remains to be paid to me by Mr.
John Milnes, on account of the picture of Gibraltar, two
hundred guineas, and by right he ought to pay the Int. of that
money from the time he has withheld the commission from me
to replace two other pictures in the room of the two he has
of Vesuvius & the Girandolo, agreeable to his own letters.
He also owes me twenty pounds for my journey to Wakefield,
according to his own agreement.

J. WRIGHT.

LIST OF PORTRAITS.

SITTERS AT NEWARK.

Mr. Hall.
Mrs. Hall.
Miss Hall.
Mrs. Sikes.
Mrs. Gosbal.
Mrs. Rasdale.
Mr. Rasdale.
Mr. W. Rasdale.
Mrs. W. Rasdale.
Old Mrs. Rasdale.
Mr. Stow.
Mrs. Stow.
Mr. St. Stow.
Mrs. Hanway.
Miss Pockleton.
Mr. R. Pockleton.
Mr. J. Pockleton.
Ld. Robt. Sutton.
Mr. Darwin.
Miss Darwin.

SITTERS AT LINCOLN (1760).

Miss Craycroft.
Miss Molly Craycroft.
Miss Chadwick.
Miss Peart.
Miss Molly Peart.
Miss Nancy Peart.
Miss Nelly Peart.
Mr. Wills.
Miss Bromhead.
Miss Monk.
Mr. Monk.
Mrs. Monk.
Governor Thompson.
Master Wilson.
Miss Wilson.
Mrs. Nevil.
Miss Nevil.
Miss Drewry.
Master Drewry.

SITTERS AT BOSTON.

Captain Blunt.
Miss Hurst.
Mr. Thompson.
Mrs. Thompson.
Mr. Fydell.
Mrs. Fydell.
Mr. Lynton.
Mr. Willby.
Miss Ayre.
Mr. Ishmay.

SITTERS AT RETFORD (1760).

Lynn Simpson, Esq.
Mrs. Simpson.
Miss Simpson.
Mr. Mason.
Mrs. Mason.
Mrs. G. Mason.
Capt. Kirk.
Mrs. Sutton.
Mrs. Absonor.
Mr. Judson.
Mr. Sutton.
Miss Inwood.

SITTERS AT DONCASTER (1760).

Mr. Pigott.
Mrs. Pigott.
Mr. Brooks.

SITTERS AT THORN (1760).

Mr. Ellison.
Mrs. Ellison.
Mr. & Mrs. Ellison.
Mr. Foster.
Mrs. Foster.

SITTERS AT ECKINGTON (1760).

Mrs. Carver.
Miss Carver.
Miss B. Carver.
Mr. Carver.
Mr. Peachall.

SITTERS FROM FEB. 1, 1760.

£ s. d.
Mr. & Mrs. Nowell, 3 qrs. 12 12 0
Miss Clarke, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Master Simeon Harvey Wilmot 6 6 0
Copy of Mrs. Lumb, sml 3 qrs. 2 2 0
Mrs. Monk, ½ length 12 12 0
Mr. Judson, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mr. Sutton, kit-cat 7 7 0
Mr. Pigott, ½ length 12 12 0
2 Master Rastall’s 16 16 0
Mrs. Pigott, ½ length 12 12 0
Mr. Brooks, ½ length 12 12 0
Mr. Ellison, ½ length 12 12 0
Mrs. Ellison, ½ length 12 12 0
Master & Miss Ellison 6 6 0
Mr. Foster, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mrs. Foster, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Miss Inwood 6 6 0
Mrs. Carver, ½ length } { 12 12 0
Miss Carver, ½ length } For Dr. Griffith { 12 12 0
Miss B. Carver, ½ length } { 12 12 0
Mr. Carver, ½ length } { 12 12 0
Mr. Peachall, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Master & Miss Drewry 14 14 0
Miss Fenton, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mrs. Chase, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mr. C. Hope, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mr. Nowel, ½ length 12 12 0
Mrs. Fowler, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mr. Bainbrigge, ½ length 12 12 0
Mrs. Bainbrigge ditto 12 12 0
Mrs. C. Hope, kit-cat 9 9 0
Captn. Lushington, ½ length 12 12 0
Mr. Chase, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mrs. Heath, k. c. 9 9 0
Mrs. Tead, k. c. 9 9 0
Mr. Wilde, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mrs. Wilde, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mr. Wm. Chase & Mrs. Chase, a conversation 25 4 0
Mr. Pickering, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mr. Rolleston, ½ l. 12 12 0
Copy of Needham 5 5 0
A 3 qrs. of old Borao for Mr. Beresford 6 6 0
Mr. Stenton, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mrs. Stenton, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mr. Tipson, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mrs. Tipson, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mrs. Lindigton, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mr. Dixon, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mrs. Dixon, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Copy of Mr. Millers 2 2 0
Miss Swan, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mr. Mundy, ½ length 12 12 0
Family picture of Mr., Mrs., & Miss Shuttleworth 42 0 0
Mr. Peckham, ½ length 12 12 0
Mr. Heath, ½ l. 12 12 0
Miss Warren, whole length 16 16 0
Mr. Borrow, half l. 12 12 0
Mrs. Borrow, half l. 12 12 0
Mr. Gwin, half l. 12 12 0
Mrs. Wilmot, ½ l. 12 12 0
Mr. Bingham, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mrs. Bennet, 3 qrs. 6 6 0
Mr. Leacroft, ½ l. 12 12 0
Mr. Barrow, ½ l. 12 12 0
Mr. Burdett 12 12 0
Mr. Boothby 6 6 0
Mr. Beresford 6 6 0
Mr. Gurney 6 6 0
Full length of Master Fallows 16 16 0
For painting a draper to a whole length picture
for Lord Vernon 10 10 0

SITTERS AT MACCLESFIELD.

£ s. d.
Mr. Stafford, Miss Stafford 10 10 0

SITTERS AT DERBY.

£ s. d.
Miss Bateman 3 3 0
Mr. Bainbrigge 6 6 0
Mrs. Bainbrigge 6 6 0
Master Wilmot 3 3 0
Miss Wilmot 3 3 0
Master C. Wilmot 3 3 0
Master R. Wilmot 3 3 0
Master S. Wilmot 3 3 0
Master Harvey Wilmot 3 3 0
Mr. Fisher 6 6 0
Miss Wollot 6 6 0
Mr. Baker 6 6 0
Mrs. Harpur 6 6 0
Mr. Melland 6 6 0
Master Mundy 6 6 0
Miss Mundy 6 6 0
Mr. Leacroft 6 6 0
Mr. Balguy 6 6 0
Mrs. Balguy 6 6 0
Miss Crompton 6 6 0
Mr. Copestake 6 6 0
Miss Copestake 6 6 0
Miss Taylor 6 6 0
Miss F. Taylor 6 6 0
Parson Allen 6 6 0
Miss Clarke 6 6 0
Mr. Nowel 6 6 0
Mrs. Nowell 6 6 0
E. Sales 2 2 0
Miss Dalby 6 6 0
Master Curzon 3 3 0
Miss Curzon 3 3 0
Master Penn Curzon 4 4 0
Master P. Curzon 4 4 0
Mr. A. Curzon 6 6 0
Miss Hanmer 6 6 0
Mrs. Hanmer 6 6 0
Copy of Mr. Hamner 6 6 0
The Parrot 3 3 0
Master Challener 8 8 0
Miss Challener 8 8 0
Mrs. Degg 6 6 0
Mr. Lyggon 6 6 0
Mrs. Lyggon 6 6 0
Master Lyggon 6 6 0
Miss Lyggon 6 6 0
Copy of Lady Curzon 6 6 0
2 of Sir Nat Curzon 12 12 0
Capt. Bailey 6 6 0
Capt. Heathcote 6 6 0
Mr. Low 3 3 0
Mr. Wright 6 6 0
Mrs. Wright 6 6 0
Capt. Sherring 6 6 0
Miss Storer 4 4 0
Copy of Mr. Lumb 2 2 0
Miss Cockin 6 6 0
Old Mr. Fox 3 3 0
Mr. Nowell 12 12 0
Miss Fenton 6 6 0
Mrs. Chase 6 6 0
Mr. C. Hope 9 9 0
Mr. Bainbrigge 12 12 0
Mrs. Bainbrigge 12 12 0
Miss F. Broad 6 6 0
Capt. Lushington 12 12 0
Mrs. Hope 9 9 0
Mr. Chase 6 6 0
Mrs. Heath 9 9 0
Mr. Tead 9 9 0
Mr. Wilde 6 6 0
Mrs. Wilde 6 6 0
Mr. Chase 12 12 0
Mrs. Chase 12 12 0
Mr. Pickering 6 6 0
Mrs. Ligdinton 6 6 0
Mr. Dixon 6 6 0
Mrs. Dixon 6 6 0
Miss Swan 6 6 0
Mr. Mundy 12 12 0
Mr. Shuttleworth 12 12 0
Mrs. Shuttleworth 12 12 0
Miss Shuttleworth 12 12 0

SITTERS AT LIVERPOOL, 1769.

£ s. d.
Mr. Warfe 10 10 0
Mr. Atherton 10 10 0
Mr. & Mrs. Smythe 21 0 0
Mr. & Mrs. Leigh 21 0 0
Mrs. Hardman 10 10 0
Two Miss Staffords 21 0 0
Mr. & Mrs. Hisbeth 21 0 0
Mrs. & Miss Parr 21 0 0
Mr. & Mrs. Park 21 0 0
Miss Leice 10 10 0
Mr. & Miss Knight 42 0 0
Master Ashton[50] 31 10 0
Capt. & Mrs. Boyd 21 0 0
Mr. Stannyforth 15 15 0
Mr. & Mrs. Gore 21 0 0
Mr. Chas. Coke 10 10 0
Mr. Clarke 10 10 0
Mr. Southward 10 10 0
Copy of Mrs. Tarlton 8 8 0
Mr. Stafford 10 10 0
Mrs. B. Tatton 10 10 0
Mrs. Lankford 10 10 0
Mr. Sam Lankford 10 10 0
Mr. Rowe 10 10 0
Mr. Wm. Stafford 10 10 0

SITTERS AT DERBY.

£ s. d.
Mr. & Mrs. Gisborne 21 0 0
Mr. & Mrs. Hurt 42 0 0
Mr. Holding Shuttleworth 10 10 0
Capt. French 10 10 0
Miss Miller Mundy 10 10 0
Mrs. Forrester 10 10 0
Mr. Crompton 10 10 0
Mrs. Crompton 10 10 0
Mr. Bakewell 21 0 0
Mr. & Mrs. Coltman--a conversation 63 0 0
Mrs. Pole & Child 63 0 0
Col. Pole 21 0 0
Mr. Day, ½ length[51] 42 0 0
Mr. Jno. Heath 21 0 0
Capt. Bathurst 10 10 0
Col. Heathcote--small full-length 31 10 0
Capt. Milnes--small full-length 31 10 0
Copy of Lady Rubens 12 12 0
Copy of Mr. Boothby 12 12 0
Copy of a Gentleman 6 6 0
A 3 qrs. of Mr. Thos. Gisborne (1777) 12 12 0
A small head of the Rev. Mr. Bakewell 9 9 0
Ditto of Dr. Berridge 8 8 0
A conversation piece of two of Mr. Pickford’s
children 63 0 0
Master Charles Hope 8 8 0
Miss Harriet Hope 8 8 0
Miss Warren, small 10 10 0
Mr. Latissiere 12 12 0
Mrs. Berridge, small oval 8 8 0
Capt. Coke of the Blues 12 12 0
Parker Coke, Esq.
Mr. Sennet’s 3 children[52] 73 10 0
A large head of Jno. Stovely 18 18 0
A ¾ of Mrs. Hodges 12 12 0
A ¾ of F. Brome, Esqre. 12 12 0
Mr. Fletcher 12 12 0
Mrs. Lander 12 12 0
Old John at the King’s Head--Raffled for 12 12 0
Dr. Harrison[52] 12 12 0
A head of Mrs. Mortimer 12 12 0
Mr. Ward 12 12 0
A large picture of Mr. Boothby 50 8 0
A small head of old Stovely 12 12 0
A Conversation Picture of D. P. Coke. The Rev.
Mr. Dare Coke & his Lady 75 12 0
A Kit-cat of old John Stovely for Mr. Holland 18 18 0
Mrs. More 12 12 0
Two Master Mundys, full-lengths 73 10 0
Mr. Whitehurst, Kit-cat[53] 18 18 0
Mr. Seward 12 12 0
Miss Seward 15 15 0
Mr. Inge 12 12 0
A ¾ Girl, with Doves 15 15 0
A copy of Mr. Bentley, Kit-cat 21 0 0
A copy of the late Mr. Parker, half-length 25 4 0
A half-length of Robt. Holding, Esq. 25 4 0
Copy of Mr. Crompton. 3 qrs., with a hand 14 14 0
A half-length of Miss Parker 25 4 0
A 3 qrs. of Mrs. Morewood, with a hand 15 15 0
Copy of Mrs. Crompton 12 12 0
Copy of ditto 12 12 0
Copy of Mr. Crompton 14 14 0
Half length copy of Mr. Wetham 25 4 0
A small oval of ditto 8 8 0
Small full-length of Mrs. Morewood 36 15 0
Ditto of Mr. Case 36 15 0
A small oval of Mr. Carleill 8 8 0
Two 3 qrs. copies of Dr. Berridge’s grandfather
and uncle 25 4 0
A small copy of Mrs. Morewood 15 15 0
Two 3 qrs. pictures of Mr. & Mrs. Fox 21 4 0
A head of Mr. Buxton 12 12 0
A copy of the late Mr. Pickering with a hand for
Mr. Thos. Gisborne 15 15 0
A 3 qrs. with a hand of Mr. Balguy 15 15 0
Ditto ditto 15 15 0
Miss Stamford 8 8 0
Miss L. Stamford 8 8 0
Mr. Hancock, 3 qrs. 12 12 0
Master Carver 8 8 0
Rev. Mr. Berridge 25 4 0
Mr. Chas. Denby 12 12 0
A conversation of Mr. Leaper’s children 84 0 0
A half-length of Mr. Jones 25 4 0
Mr. Rastall 15 15 0
Mr. Arkwright, ½ length 26 0 0
A full-length of Mrs. C. Hurt & her child 81 18 0
A full-length of Mr. Gell 52 10 0
A full-length of Lady Wilmot & her child “as a
Madonna” 78 18 0
A conversation picture of Mr. & Mrs. Gisborne 100 16 0
A small picture of Mr. Caldwell 8 8 0
A half-length of Mr. Strutt 25 4 0
A 3 qrs. of my nephew Rd. Wright
A 3 qrs. of Mr. Salmon for Mr. Flint 12 12 0
A 3 qrs. of Mr. Salmon for Sir Brooke Boothby 12 12 0
A head of Ld. Richard Cavendish 12 12 0
A head of Master C. Sales 10 10 0
Ditto of Mr. R. Sales 10 10 0
A 3 qrs. of Mrs. S. Crompton 12 12 0
Two full-lengths in one picture of Master
Thornhills 73 10 0
A 3 qrs. picture of Mr. Pole 12 12 0
A 3 qrs. „ of Mr. Ashby 12 12 0
A copy of Col. Hackart 12 12 0
A half-length of Mr. Abney 25 4 0
Ditto of Mrs. Abney 25 4 0
A conversation picture of 3 of their children
Half length of Mr. Pares 25 4 0
Ditto copy of Mr. Pares 25 4 0
3 qrs. of Mr. Jos. Crompton
A conversation of 3 of Mr. Wood’s children 84 0 0
3 qrs. of Mr. Wood 12 12 0
Ditto of Mrs. Wood 12 12 0
Mr. Burnham 12 12 0
Mrs. Burnham 12 12 0
Mrs. Holland 12 12 0
A half-length of Mr. Chadwick 25 4 0
A full-length of Sir R. Arkwright 52 10 0
A full-length of Mr. C. Hurt 52 10 0
A 3 qrs. copy of Sir R. Arkwright 12 12 0
A half-length of Mr. Strutt 25 4 0
A copy of Rosseau 12 12 0
A conversation of Mr. & Mrs. Arkwright & their
little girl, full-lengths 126 0 0
½ length of Mr. Milnes
A conversation picture of 3 of Mr. Arkwright’s
children 94 10 0
Ditto ditto 94 10 0
A 3 qrs. of Dr. Darwin, with a hand 15 15 0
A full-length of the late Mr. Oldknow 52 10 0
Ditto of Mr. Samuel Oldknow 52 10 0
A half-length copy of Mr. Pares 25 4 0
A head of the late Dr. Lynn Beridge 12 12 0
A copy of Col. Hackart 12 12 0
A head of Mr. Greatorex 12 12 0
Mrs. Greatorex, 3 qrs. 12 12 0
Mrs. Richard Bateman, with a hand 15 15 0
A full-length of Miss Sally Duesbury 31 10 0
A full-length of Master Bateman 31 10 0
A copy of Mr. Pares, ½ length 25 4 0
A 3 qrs. of Mrs. Bateman 16 16 0
Hugh Bateman, Esqre., 3 qrs., with a hand 16 16 0
Shevl. Pole, Esqre., 3 qrs., with a hand
Mrs. Pole, 3 qrs., with hands
Mrs. Briscoe, 3 qrs., with a hand
A copy of Dr. Darwin for Sir Brooke Boothby 15 15 0
A copy ditto Mr. Strutt 15 15 0
A full-length of Mr. Barker, of Bakewell 52 10 0
A copy of Mr. Strutt, with a hand 15 15 0
A 3 qrs. of Mr. Alderson 12 12 0
A copy of ditto 12 12 0
A full-length of Miss Bentley 31 10 0
For painting Mr. Cheslyn’s drapery 12 12 0
Two 3 qrs. pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Fox 21 4 0

_Brooke Boothby Junr. Esqre. Dr. to Joseph Wright Sep. 30th 1780._

£ s. d.
A view of the High Tor at Matlock, by Moonlight,
3 qrs. 31 10 0
Frame 2 2 0
A full-length of himself 50 8 0
Another view of Matlock Tor 31 10 0
Case for ditto 4/9 Frame for ditto 2 2 0
Altering Miss Boothby’s picture, and retouching
two small ones on pannel 2 2 0
Lady Whitmore’s 15 15 0

LIST OF LANDSCAPE, HISTORICAL, FIRE & MOONLIGHT PAINTINGS.

SUBJECT. PURCHASER. PRICE.
£ s. d.
Two views of Matlock 63 0 0
Two grottos by the sea side in the gulf
of Salerno Mr. Hodges 105 0 0
Vesuvius, for the Bp. Derry crossed
through 105 0 0
A view of Cromford Bridge, its companion
of Arkwright’s mills D. P. Coke 52 10 0
A large Vesuvius 200 0 0
A grotto in the gulf of Salernum, with the
figure of Julia (companion to that with
Banditti) Mr. Cockshutt 105 0 0
Virgil’s Tomb Mr. Cockshutt 63 0 0
A full-length of “Maria”[54] 84 0 0
A 3 qrs. picture of Matlock High Tor by
moonlight Mr. Boothby 31 10 0
Another of Matlock High Tor by moonlight ditto 31 10 0
Part of the Colliseum--Sunshine 52 10 0
Ditto, its companion--Moonlight 52 10 0
Grotto in the Gulf of Salernum, moonlight,
½ length Mr. Hardman, of
Manchester 84 0 0
Ditto, its companion--Sunset Ditto 52 10 0
A small picture of Carnarvon Castle, night 10 10 0
A large grotto in the gulf of Salernum,
moon rising Mr. Daulby 84 0 0
A small moonlight of a Lake Ditto 16 16 0
The lake of Nemi, sunset, 3 qrs. Its
companion, moonlight 63 0 0
Frames for ditto @ 2 gs. & ½ pr frame
A small oval of the Lake of Nemi, its
companion, with frames Dr. Beridge 23 2 0
One of the above size of Vesuvius 10 10 0
A small picture of the Girandolo Mr. Daulby 84 0 0
A grotto with Banditti Mr. Cockshutt 175 10 0
Sterne’s Captive[54] 105 0 0
A large Mount Vesuvius Sold to the
Empress (of
Russia) 300 0 0
The Minstrel (Edwin)[55] Mr. Milnes 84 0 0
Two Views of Matlock Mr. Emes 63 0 0
A large picture of the Girandolo--companion
to the Vesuvius which was sold to the
Empress of Russia 200 0 0
Virgil’s Tomb 63 0 0
Neptune’s Grotto Mr. Milnes 31 10 0

CANDLE-LIGHT PICTURES.

[_a_] The Orrery Ld. Ferrers 210 0 0
Boys with a bladder and its compn. Ld. Exeter 105 0 0
[_b_] The air pump Dr. Bates 200 0 0
[_c_] The Gladiator Dr. Bates
(on account) 40 0 0
[_d_] The Academy Lord Melbourne 105 0 0
[_e_] The Hermit 105 0 0
[_f_] The Blacksmith’s Shop Lord Melbourne 150 0 0
[_g_] Small Blacksmith’s Shop E. Parker 42 0 0
An old woman knitting, her husband
smoaking. Its companion, a girl
at her toilet Mr. Parker 31 10 0
[_h_] The Chymist 105 0 0
A Blacksmith’s shop Mr. Alexander 157 10 0
[_i_] The young Nobleman in his ancester’s
Tomb[56] Mr. Milnes 105 0 0

4 Candle-light pictures at 30 guineas ea Col. Pole 126 0 0
Mem: Recd. 25th Oct. 1772 of Col. Pole
twenty guineas in part of payment for the
picture of the boys with the bladder.
The Picture of the Iron Forge Lord
Palmerston 210 0 0
Mem: Not sent. Picture of a Captive King Prince of
Baaden 52 10 0
Picture of an iron forge viewed from Empress of
without Russia 136 0 0
Picture of Belshazzer at the feast when
the hand appeared writing on the wall
Picture of an earth stopper Lord ---- 52 10 0
A sunset of the Lake of Nemi 52 10 0
Virgil’s Tomb by moonlight 63 0 0
A distant View of the High Tor at Matlock
The Cascade at Terni, 3 qr. Given to my
friend Tate 31 10 0
A small picture of the Lake of Nemi,
sunset, and its companion, moonlight Robt. Holden,
Esqre 21 0 0
A large picture of Hero and Leander crossed
through 63 0 0
A large picture of Virgil’s Tomb 63 0 0
A large ditto of the cascade of Terni 73 0 0
A small picture of Virgil’s Tomb 21 0 0
A candle-light piece pd Dr. Bates
Galen pd Ditto
A girl reading a letter by candle-light 12 12 0
A small picture of a cottage on fire,
seen through a groupe of trees--sketch For my friend
Holland 10 10 0
A small picture of a view at Valatii, very
warm evening
A ferry over the river Tay at Dunkield, in
Scotland, moonlight 36 15 0
A Village on fire Mr. Lowe 36 15 0
A Lighthouse on fire in the Mediterranean,
sketch G. L. Philips 10 10 0
A small storm, sketch Ditto 10 10 0
A sketch of Mount Vesuvius, evening Ditto 10 10 0
An upright of a rocky scene wh a waterfall 10 10 0
A view in Italy--a warm sunset 10 10 0
A sketch of Vesuvius, morning 10 10 0
A view at Dunkeld, evening--companion to
the moonlight wh Tate sold to Mr. Wakefield 73 10 0
A small picture of a fire seen through a Rev. Holden
wood Shuttleworth 26 5 0
A near view of Mount Vesuvius 63 0 0
A view of the City of Florence--sun rising 52 10 0
A view in Scotland, half-length, moonlight for my friend
Tate 63 0 0
A storm--Antigonus pursued by a bear Mr. Henry
Philips 105 0 0
Two sketches of the Lakes of Albano and
Nemi Mr. Nixon 21 0 0
A small one on pannel of ye lake of Albano L. Philips 10 10 0
A cottage on fire Mr. Court,
Bristol 42 0 0
A cottage on fire Miss Linwood 15 15 0
Sketch of a Lighthouse in the
Mediterranean 10 10 0
The Spinster wh Collin singing her a ballad
(unfinished)
A Bridge seen thro’ a cavern on the coast of
Sorento--moonlight 31 10 0
A View of the Ponti Salario, half-length 52 10 0
A View in the Alps in the Dutchy of Milan, John Milnes,
half-length, noon Esqre 63 0 0
The companion ditto, morning John Milnes,
Esqre 63 0 0
A half-length landscape of a cottage scene
in Needwood Forest Mr. Milnes 63 0 0
A view of the lake of Como, in Italy, warm
sunset, on pannel
William and Margaret, framed 63 0 0
The cascade of Terni, framed 63 0 0
A large picture of the Dead Soldier 105 0 0
The old man and death 63 0 0
Lusignan in prison 52 10 0
A small prison 16 16 0
A sea shore seen thro’ an arch in ye rocks,
sunset Holland 12 12 0
Romeo & Juliet
The Storm in the Winter Tale 136 0 0
A cottage on fire 31 15 0
A view at the boat house near Matlock Town Mr. Denby 21 0 0
A boy blowing a bladder 31 10 0
A girl looking thro’ a bladder 31 10 0
The Lake of Albano, sunset, ½ length Mr. Milnes 63 0 0
Two girls, with a charcoal stick
Boy and girl, with a bladder
A small view at Almalfa 14 14 0
A sea shore seen through an arch in the given to
rock L. Philips
A small picture of Vesuvius 21 10 0
Its companion by the Lake of Geneva,
moonlight Ditto 21 10 0
A bit of the Ruins of the Colloseo, sunshine 21 0 0
A distant View of Vesuvius, from the shore
of Posilipo Mr. Walker 32 0 0
Ditto ditto ditto Mr. Poploe Birch,
Curzon Street,
May Fair 42 0 0
A boy and girl, with a bladder Mr. Hardman,
Manchester 52 10 0
A girl blowing a charcoal stick Mr. Daulby 42 0 0
A distant View of Vesuvius, from the Shore
of Posilipo, bigger than ½ length Mr. Edward
Mundy 84 0 0
A View of Cromford
An internal View of a Prison 23 2 0
A View of Vesuvius, from the Shore of
Posilipo Mr. Gisborne 42 0 0
Cicero’s Villa, in the Bay of Naples Mr. Smith 36 15 0
A large one of ditto--sun setting after
a shower Edward Mundy 84 0 0
A small picture of the View of Cromford
Bridge, moonlight Mr. Gisborne
A bit of the Ruins of the Coloseo--sunshine Mr. Macklin 16 16 0
A View of Vesuvius from the Shore of
Posilipo Mr. Macklin 42 0 0
Moonlight on the Coast of Tuscany in the
Mediterranean, Companion to the large
picture of Cicero’s Villa Mr. Jno. Milnes 63 0 0
A View of Cosimato, on pannel Honble. A.
Tompson 42 0 0
A Cottage, on fire Mr. Hardman 36 15 0
A picture of the Alps, on the side next Mr. Poploe
Italy, in the Duchy of Milan Birch 36 15 0
A View of Warwick Castle, moonlight Mr. Cutler 36 15 0
A distant View of Vesuvius, from the Shore
of Posilipo, the eruption Principal Mr. Arnold 31 10 0
The inside of a stable, near Tivoli Jno. Henderson,
Esqre. 21 0 0
A small picture of a Bridge, in Italy,
sunset, on pannel 31 10 0
A large picture of Prospero in his cell,
showing a visionary spectacle to
Ferdinand & Miranda--12 ft. ×
8 ft. 6 Pd. 315 0 0
A Circular picture, moonlight Mr. Birch 21 0 0
A small picture of a distant View of
Vesuvius, from ye Shore of Posilipo Mr. Daulby 31 10 0
A sepulchral monument at old
Capua--moonlight Lake of Nemi, sun rising 26 5 0
A small picture of Chee Tor
A 3 qrs. of the Lake of Albano, with the
Monte Jove, seen through the arch of an
acqueduct
A small picture of Cosimato Given to my
friend Tate
A picture of a distant view of Vesuvius,
from the Shore of Posilipo, painted on Sir Robt.
pannel Wilmot 42 0 0
Mecæna’s Villa, on ditto 42 0 0
Cicero’s Villa, on pannel 42 0 0
A Cottage on Fire Mr. Culter 36 15 0
A Companion Moonlight Mr. Bird,
Liverpool 31 10 0
A View of Borrow Dale, sunset 31 10 0
A small picture of Neptune’s Grotto 14 14 0
A small picture of the Lake of Albano,
sunset 26 5 0
View of the Boathouse, Matlock
A View of Vesuvius from the Shore of Edwd. Wilmot,
Posilipo Esqre 42 0 0
The close scene from Cozen’s Sir Robt.
Wilmot 31 10 0
The Sea Shore, moonlight Mr. Harvey 31 10 0
A small moonlight, without the moon
appearing Mr. Boothby 26 5 0
A morning View of the Ponte Salona Mr. Boothby 36 15 0
Its Companion, sunset of Tivoli
A View of Dovedale & its companion of
Cosimato Mr. Gisborne 36 15 0
A view of the Ponte Mola Sir Brooke
Boothby 31 10 0
Virgil’s Tomb, sun breaking thro’ a cloud.
Small picture 31 10 0
A Sunset, a bold sea shore, 3 qrs., from
Cozens Mr. Boothby 31 10 0
Two ovals of Dove Dale, with frames Mr. Boothby 42 0 0
A close scene, morning, from Cozens B. Boothby 31 10 0
A View in Dove Dale, morning ¾ qrs. E. Mundy, Esqre 31 10 0
Companion, in do., moonlight Do. 31 10 0
A small oval of Dovedale Mr. Parsons 14 14 0
An eruption of Vesuvius, from the Shore of
Posilipo, on panel 42 0 0
Two small pictures of the island of Caprea
Hero & Leander--Storm The Honble Thos.
Fitzmaurice 105 0 0
Its companion, moonlight Do. 105 0 0
Margaret & William 84 0 0
The Siege of Gibraltar Mr. Jno.
Milnes 420 0 0
An Indian Chief’s Widow 63 0 0
A Moonlight from Comus 84 0 0
A Wood Scene by moonlight, & frame Mr. Thompson 31 10 0
The Corinthian Maid 105 0 0
Penelope unravelling her web, candle-light Mr. Wedgwood 105 0 0
June 7, 1783. Two small landskips 21 0 0
A 3 qrs. picture of a Lake in Italy, moonlight 31 10 0
A small ditto of ditto by moonlight 21 10 0
Its companion, a Land Storm
A small moonlight on the coast of Naples
A 3qrs. of Neptune’s Grotto, with the Given to my friend
Sybil’s Temple, &c. Tate
A Moonlight, with an eruption of V., from
the shore of Posilipo Mr. Bacon 26 5 0
The Companion, sunset in the Bay of Salerno Sold to my
friend
Holland 18 18 0
A view of Amalfi, sunset 14 14 0
A sunset from Cozens 31 10 0
Recd. Sep. ’85 of Mr. Gisborne for two large
drawings of Moses 8 0 0
A boy with a candle 4 4 0
A boy blowing a bladder 4 4 0
A small picture of Borrowdale T. Tate 12 12 0
A village on fire 63 0 0
The Convent of Cosimato. Mem. not paid For Mrs. Hayley 26 5 0
Cottage on fire Mr. Cunningham 21 0 0
Ditto Mr. N. Philips 52 10 0
A small picture of Lodore 12 12 0
The Lake of Nemi--on panel
A smallish picture of Ullswater, sunset Mr. Hardman 42 0 0
A Ditto of Windermere with Langdale Pikes T. M. Tate 42 0 0
A Large picture of Ullswater 42 0 0
A smallish one of the little cascade at Sir
Mic-la-Flemings L. Philips 31 10 0
Picture of a bridge with the effect of a
rainbow Mr. N. Philips 52 10 0
Ditto ditto
Keswick lake wh Skiddaw in the distance
A view upon Ullswater, morning 36 15 0
Ditto Keswick Lake, sunset Norris 36 15 0
A small picture of a view by the sea side, Sold to my
sun rising friend Tate 12 12 0
A cottage on fire Norris 42 0 0
A View of the outlet of Whyburn Lake For my friend
Tate 42 0 0

PICTURES KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BY WRIGHT BUT NOT
ENTERED IN THE MS. LIST.

[57]Conversation piece. Three of Mr. Bradshaw’s
children with a pet lamb
Port. of Mr. Woodville full-length
„ Mrs. Woodville do.
„ Dr. Wilson half-length
„ Miss Macauley

A CATALOGUE OF PRINTS ENGRAVED AFTER PAINTINGS
BY JOSEPH WRIGHT, OF DERBY.

SUBJECT. STYLE. ENGRAVER.
1 Two Boys with a Bladder Aquatint. J. P. Burdett.
2 Master Bradshaw and two Miss
Bradshaws with a Pet Lamb[58] Mezzotint. Valentine
Green.
3 Count Miravan, a young nobleman of
Syria, who having extravagantly
lavished away his fortune, breaks
open the tomb of his ancestors,
expecting to find great treasure Ditto. Ditto.
4 A philosopher giving a Lecture on the
the Orrery.[59] The following names
are copied from the margin of a
print of the Orrery, written in the
year 1768, and are believed to be
the persons represented:--J. Wright,
Mr. Burdett taking notes, young
Cantrell, A. Winterman, Mr. G.
Snowden, Mr. Denby as the
philosopher Ditto. Ditto.
5 A Philosopher giving a Lecture on
the Air Pump, in which are
introduced portraits similar to
above[60] Ditto. Ditto.
6 “The Gladiator.” Mr. Wright in this
picture has introduced himself in
profile, and he and the other two
figures (Burdett and old John
Wilson of the Devonshire
Almshouses), are comparing the
drawing he has made with the
Statue Ditto. W. Pether.
7 Democritus found studying Anatomy Ditto. Ditto.
8 An Alchymist[59] Ditto. Ditto.
9 A Farrier’s Shop Ditto. Ditto.
10 Master Ashton (with Dog) Ditto. Ditto.
11 A Drawing Academy Ditto. Ditto.
12 A Drawing Academy, 8vo. Outline. Normand.
13 A Blacksmith’s Shop Mezzotint Richard
Earlom.
14 An Iron Forge Ditto. Ditto.
15 John Harrison, Esq., Surgeon, Derby Ditto. J. R. Smith.
16 Edwin, the Minstrel (portrait of
Thomas Haden, Esq.) Ditto. Ditto.
17 Ditto. Etching. F. Seymour
Haden.
18 Three Children of Walter Synnott,
Esq. (with Birdcage) Mezzotint. J. R. Smith.
19 William and Margaret, taken from an
Old Ballad Ditto. Ditto.
20 The Indian Widow Ditto. Ditto.
21 The Lady in Milton’s Comus Mezzotint. J. R. Smith.
22 Dr. Darwin, with pen in right hand.
(“An alteration in the Face and
Wig from the Original, and for
the worse”) Ditto. Ditto.
23 Ditto, with hands resting on a J. T.
polished table[61] Line. Wedgwood.
24 “The Captive,” from Sterne’s
Sentimental Journey Dotted. Ryder.
25 “The Captive,” from Sterne. Engraved
for Mr. Milnes, of Wakefield: who
destroyed the plate when twenty
impressions had been taken off Mezzotint. J. R. Smith.
26 Distant View of Vesuvius, from shore
of Posilipo Line. Wm. Byrne.
27 “The Dead Soldier” Line. J. Heath.
28 Ditto, same size as above, but a
much inferior print Mezzotint. W. Dickinson.
29 “The Dead Soldier,” small Line. Bovinet.
30 Prospero entertaining Ferdinand and
Miranda with Spectacle. From the
“Tempest.” For Boydell’s Line &
Shakspeare Gallery Stipple. Thew.
31 The Storm, Antigonus pursued by the
Bear. From the “Winter’s Tale.”
For Boydell’s Shakspeare Gallery Line. Middiman.
32 John Whitehurst, F.R.S., of Derby,
“an elegant Engraving, and very
like.” 8vo. in oval (another in
oval on a pedestal) Line. J. Hall.
33 Sir Richard Arkwright, Kt. Mezzotint. J. R. Smith.
34 Sir Richard Arkwright, Kt., small
(various) Line. A. R. Meyer &
others.
35 Dr. Wilson. (Drawn by T. Lawrence) J. & C.
Sherwin.
36 Miss Kitty Dressing. Published
February, 1781 Mezzotint. J. Watson.
37 Portrait of Himself, wearing a hat Ditto. Ward.
38 Ditto, ditto Line. M. V. Sears.
39 Jedediah Strutt, Esq. (various) Line &
Stipple. Meyer.
40 Rev. Thomas Seward Line. Cromer.
41 Fireworks from the Castle of St.
Angelo, Rome, 8vo. Line. Radcliffe.
42 “Maria,” from Sterne’s “Sentimental
Journey” Mezzotint. John Raphael
Smith.
43 Thos. Day Line &
Stipple. Meyer.
44 Moonlight View in Italy. Size of Aquatint. Fras. Eginton,
plate 21 × 16½ 1781.
45 The Twins (plate in this volume) Etching. F. Seymour
Haden.
46 Miss Wrights. Two Girls with a Pet
Lamb Mezzotint. S. Paul.

There are several other Minor Prints after him. Also two very fine Mezzo Prints, scarce, 2 ft. 6½ in. × 2 ft. 2 in. of a Boy and a Girl with a Bladder, and Two Girls with a Lighted Stick, with the name of W. Tate, pinxit (a friend of Wright’s), which is evidently an error, as it is known that Wright did paint these two pictures, and it is presumed that Mr. Tate had them engraved, hence the error.

A Portrait of the artist, engraved by Blake, was used as a frontispiece to J. Leigh Philips’ article on Wright, in the “Monthly Magazine,” of Sept. 1797. Blake engraved his plate from an etching by Wright himself, and of which only one copy is now known to exist.

NOTE.--The celebrated Engraving, “The Fishery,” engraved by Woollett, often ascribed as after “Wright, of Derby,” was painted by a Richard Wright, of Liverpool.

It is interesting to know at what prices the fine Mezzotint
Prints were published, and the following list is copied from a
bill for Prints, receipted by W. Pether:--

£ s. d.
Gladiator 0 15 0
Orrery 1 1 0
Air Pump 0 15 0
Academy 0 15 0
Farrier’s Shop 0 10 6
Master Ashton 0 6 0
Miravin 0 10 6
Blacksmith’s Shop 0 15 0
Hermit 0 15 0
Alchymist 1 1 0
---------
£7 4 0

“Rec^d May 1^{st} 1778, of John Milnes, Esqr., by M^{r.}
Wright, the above sum, in full of all demands.”

By W^M PETHER.
£7 4 0.

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.

Palladio, 40.

Parry, Mr., 36.

Pasquin, Anthony, 57, 61, 62.

Pether, Mr., 31.

Phelps, Mr., 50.

Philips, H., 89, 91, 92, 100.

„ J. L., 57, 58, 62, 63, 64, 65, 70, 72, 73, 74, 85, 88, 90, 91,
92, 93, 94, 95, 102, 104, 105, 106.

„ N., 94.

Pickford, Joseph, 55, 56.

Pindar, Peter, 69, 79.

Pope, The, 34.

Poussin, 38.

Prig, Mr., 62.

Prince Charles Edward, 7.

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.

Tacet (musician), 9.

Tate, Jno. Moss, 5.

„ R., 31.

„ Thomas, 26, 31, 32, 33, 63, 64, 65, 66, 77, 85, 87, 88, 89, 91,
92, 93, 94, 95, 100, 101, 103.

Teniers, 40.

Thacker, Mr., 3.

Thornton, Mr., 82.

Tintoret, 39.

Titian, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40.

Turner, J. M. W., R.A., 4, 31, 111.

„ Dr., 83.

Tyrrell, Walter, 68.

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.

BEMROSE & SONS, PRINTERS, DERBY; AND 23, OLD BAILEY, LONDON.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] From Episcopal Registers of the See of Lichfield.

[2] “On Tuesday morning, at this place, aged 78, Mrs. Hannah Wright: whose pious and amiable disposition endeared her to those friends, her very delicate state of health, and long retirement had confined the knowledge of her virtues, and the poor will have to lament the loss of a kind benefactress. She was eldest sister to R.J. Wright, M.D., and to the late eminent painter, Joseph Wright, Esqre.”--_Derby Mercury_, Nov. 7, 1810.

[3] Richard Wright was a marine painter of Liverpool, born 1735, died 1775, who painted “The Fishery,” which was engraved by Wollett.

[4] Sir Joshua Reynolds and Mortimer were also pupils under Hudson, who, Lord Oxford tells us, pleased the country gentlemen “with his honest similitudes, fair tied wigs, blue velvet coats, and white satin waistcoats, which he bestowed liberally on his customers.” Hudson, however, though an Artist of little imagination, was a sound painter and probably a good master.

[5] Denby published several music books, a collection of hymn tunes, sonatinos and rondas for the harpsichord.

[6] We here transcribe the Rules of the Derby Assembly of about this period; they are interesting and curious--

RULES

TO BE OBSERVED IN THE LADIES’ ASSEMBLY IN DERBY.

1.--No Attorney’s Clerk shall be admitted. 2.--No Shopkeeper, or any of his or her Family shall be admitted, except Mr. Franceys. 3.--No Lady shall be allowed to Dance in a long white Apron. 4.--All young Ladies in Mantuas shall pay 2s. 6d. 5.--No Miss in a Coat shall Dance without Leave of the Lady of the Assembly. 6.--Whosoever shall transgress any of these Rules, shall be turned out of the Assembly Room.

Several of the above-mentioned _Rules_ having of late been broke through, they are now Printed by our order, and signed by Us, the present Ladies and Governors of the Assembly.

ANNE BARNES. DOROTHY EVERY. ELISABETH EYRE. BRIDGET BAILEY. R. FITZHERBERT. HESTER MUNDY.

[7] The first Exhibition was held in April, 1760. The Catalogue of 1761 has two satirical subjects after Hogarth, and that for 1762 has a preface from the pen of Dr. Johnson. There were no Exhibitions in 1779, 81, and 82, nor were there any between 1783 and 1790. The last was in 1791.

[8] The sitters in this picture were old John Wilson, an inmate of the Devonshire almshouses, Mr. Burdett, and the artist himself.

[9] Captain Salmon, who then lived at Breadsall Priory, near Derby, sat to Wright as Romeo.

[10] The Frontispiece Plate in this volume is taken from this painting, now in the possession of the Honourable Mrs. Griffith, Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire.

[11] “The Mr. Hurleston who went with Mr. Wright of Derby, to Italy in 1773, was my great uncle. He was a very promising young artist, but immediately after his return to this country, was killed by lightning while riding across Salisbury Plain in a storm. His name occurs in the early catalogues of the Royal Academy.”--_Extract from a letter from F. Y. Hurleston, President of the Incorporated Society of British Artists, August, 1850._

[12] This has reference to the first voyage of his nephew, Richard Wright, in the service of the East India Company; two other members of the family were previously in that service.

[13] Now in the possession of the writer, with many other sketches.

[14] Simpson’s _History of Derby_.

[15] There is little doubt that this is John Downman, R.A.

[16] It is recorded that Catherine, Empress of Russia, purchased pictures by the most eminent masters in every capital of Europe, and when she died in 1796, she left at the Hermitage 1,383 valuable paintings. Of these only eight belonged to the English school.

[17] No. 321. The Old Man and Death.--Society of Artists’ Exhibition.

[18] J. Whitehurst, a celebrated Machinist, and Author of the “Theory of the Earth.”

[19] Osias Humphrey, miniature painter and R.A., was in Italy about this time with Romney.

[20] Anna Romana Wright, daughter of Joseph and Anne Wright.

[21] Hannah Wright, daughter of Richard and Sarah Wright.

[22] The Bishop of Derry.

[23] From a memo.:--“Entered Mrs. Sproule’s House 9th Nov., 1775. My horse went to Ward’s Livery Stable 29th Dec., 1775.”

[24]

No. 147 in Catalogue of Society of Artists, 1776--“An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius.” „ 148 „ „ „ „ “The Annual Girandolo at the Castle of St. Angelo at Rome.”

[25] Redgrave’s Century of Painters.

[26] Life of Richard Wilson.

[27] St. Helen’s.

[28] Hutton, in his “History of Derby,” says--“1601. A woman burnt in Windmill Pit, for poisoning her husband.” From this it appears it was the usual place of execution for criminals for many years.

[29] Joan Waste, blind from her birth, the daughter of a poor barber, in the parish of All Hallowes (All Saints’), was, at the age of 22, burnt as a heretic in Windmill Pit, just outside the town. She was a godly woman, learned in the Holy Scriptures, which she was diligent in getting read to her, and condemned for denying transubstantiation, and after being taken to All Saints’ Church to hear a sermon on herself, she was burnt on the first of August, 1556.

[30] Chichester: Printed by Dennett Jaques. 1783.

[31] _Cynthia_--Same as Diana, who by some is supposed to have presided over the moon. So called from her having been born at Cynthus.

[32] _Calpe_, Mount--Synonymous with Gibraltar.

[33] _Elliott_, General, was appointed to the command of Gibraltar in 1776, and defended it at the siege in 1783. In 1787 he was created Lord Heathfield, Baron Gibraltar.

[34] _Curtis_, Captain Rodger, of the Marine Brigade, afterwards knighted for his gallant conduct in rescuing the enemy from the burning ships, on September 14th, 1782, to which allusion is made in verses 5 and 6.

[35] John Williams.

[36] “Harp Alley” Shoe Lane, London, was the market for house signs before they were abolished.

[37] Boydell.

[38] In the possession of the late Lord Overstone at the time of his decease.

[39] The Painter.

[40] Gibbon, the Historian of Rome.

[41] Now in the possession of Lord Belper.

[42] Now in the possession of Reginald Darwin, D. D.

[43] Author of “Louisa, a Poetical Novel,” 1782, and “Original Sonnets,” 1799.

[44] These interesting portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Hayley are now in the possession of the Rev. German Buckston.

[45] Now in possession of the writer.

[46] The Society of Arts, who built the Lyceum.

[47] When St. Alkmund’s Church was re-built, the tablet was removed from the pillar and affixed to the wall of the South Porch.

[48] “Monthly Magazine,” October 17th, 1797.

[49] For many years a “Grand Musical Festival” was held in Derby, in October, and produced large sums in aid of the General Infirmary. The best musical talent of the day was engaged. On this occasion, the oratorios, “The Messiah,” “The Creation,” “Judas Maccabeus,” and “Israel in Egypt,” and a selection from Handel, Boyce, etc., were performed in All Saints’ Church, in which Madame Catalani, Miss Travis, Mrs. Shepley, and Mrs. Bianchi, Mr. Harrison, Messrs. Goss, Elliott, Whall, and Bartleman took part. The Chorus was supported by the celebrated Female Singers from Lancashire; also by performers from the Ancient and Vocal Concerts, London, and from various Cathedrals. Messrs. Harrison and Greatorex conducted the orchestra of 150 performers. A ball took place in the New Assembly Room, and two grand concerts in the theatre. On the first day a sermon was preached by the Archbishop of York, the offertory amounting to £354.

INFIRMARY DONATIONS.--Messrs. Cade and Chappell, being monies received at the Exhibition at the Town Hall of the late Mr. Wright’s pictures, £7 13s. 0d.--(_Derby Mercury_, Dec. 4, 1810.)

[50] Engraved in mezzotint. See list.

[51] Engraved by Mayer. See list.

[52] Engraved in mezzotint. See list.

[53] Engraved in “line.” See list.

[54] Engraved. See list of Engravings.

[55] Engraved and also etched.

[56] _a_ to _i_ engraved. See list of Engravings.

[57] Engraved. See list.

[58] This print is often miscalled the Family of Wright, of Derby.

[59] The original painting is now in the Derby Art Gallery.

[60] The original painting is now in the National Gallery.

[61] Wedgwood’s Medallion of Dr. Darwin, with his arms resting upon a table, is taken from Wright’s painting of the Doctor, now in the possession of Reginald Darwin, Esq., The Fern, Buxton.

Transcriber’s Notes:

1. Obvious printers’, spelling and punctuation errors have been silently correct.

2. Where appropriate, original spelling has been retained.

3. Superscripts are represented using the caret character, e.g. D^r.