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 Italy	£1	10	0
42 (Mr. Meynell.)	„	Three: A study for the figure in the picture of the Dead Ass, a fragment in Indian ink, and a 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 (Mr. Hardman.)	„	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. 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 (Leeming.)	Wright, of Derby.—	A Landscape with a Waterfall. A spirited representation of a stormy effect	£26	15	6
18	„	The Lake of Albano. Spirited sketch	£18	18	0
19 (Bateman.)	„	The Old Peasant Bewailing the Death of his Ass. From Sterne	£34	13	0
21	„	A Cavern Scene, upright	£16	5	6
25 (Mr. E. Flack.)	„	Neptune’s Grotto, near Tivoli. A very highly-finished and beautiful picture of a favourite scene from nature	£24	3	0
26 (H. & A. Wright.)	„	An Eruption of Vesuvius, destroying the vineyards. Presumed by Mr. Wright to be the best picture he painted of the subject	£63	0	0
27 (Mr. Pares.)	„	The Lighthouse on Fire. A beautiful and carefully-finished picture, full of harmonious effect of the union of the moon and fire-light	£36	15	0
28 (Ablet.)	„	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 finished	£45	3	0
29 (H. & A. Wright.)	„	Rocks and Trees. A very spirited and clever study	£30	9	0
30 (H. & A. Wright.)	„	A Cavern Scene, with a Bridge. Painted with all that close delineation of the effects of nature, for which this master is so justly celebrated	£42	0	0
31 (H. Wright)	„	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 at once curious and natural	£48	6	0
33 (Gould.)	„	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 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.

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	For Dr. Griffith	12	12	0
Miss Carver, ½ length		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 children52	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

		£	s.	d.
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 without	Empress of 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 wood	Rev. Holden 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, half-length, noon	John Milnes, 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 rock	given to 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 Italy, in the Duchy of Milan	Mr. Poploe 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 pannel	Sir Robt. 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 Posilipo	Edwd. Wilmot, 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 Sybil’s Temple, &c.	Given to my friend 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, sun rising	Sold to my 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

57Conversation 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 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 polished table 61	Line.	J. T. 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 Shakspeare Gallery	Line & 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 plate 21 × 16½	Aquatint.	Fras. Eginton, 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.

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.”
No. 148 in Catalogue of Society of Artists, 1776—“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.

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