Joseph Wright

American · 1756–1793 · Painter, Printmaker

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American portrait painter (1756-1793)

Born 1756, Bordentown CityDied 1793, PhiladelphiaOccupation Painter, Printmaker, SculptorWikidata Q6288081 ↗ULAN 500032207 ↗Museum works 9

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Works in museum collections

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Joseph Wright, Elizabeth Stevens Carle — **Elizabeth Stevens Carle**c. 1783/1784 · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Ga…

Joseph Wright, Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming — **Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming**1779
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Joseph Wright of Derby, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of Art

Joseph Wright, John Coats Browne — **John Coats Browne**1784
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ↗
CC0 · Joseph Wright, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Joseph Wright, Portrait of General Giles — **Portrait of General Giles**1785
Smithsonian American Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Smithsonian American Art Museum

Joseph Wright, Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg — **Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg**1790
National Portrait Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Portrait Gallery

Joseph Wright, The Monastery of S. Cosimato — **The Monastery of S. Cosimato**1789
Gemäldegalerie Berlin ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Gemäldegalerie Berlin

Joseph Wright, Major Peter Labilliere (d.1800) — **Major Peter Labilliere (d.1800)**1780
Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre

Joseph Wright, Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) — **Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)**1782
Royal Society of London ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Society of London

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Smithsonian Open Access (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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