1885 The Life and Works of Joseph Wright, A. R. A., Commonly Called "Wright of Derby."

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed

Signed by the author to the half title, this is number three-hundred and nineteen of an unspecified number of signed copies.

A detailed biography of the life and career of eighteenth-century English artist, Joseph Wright of Derby. Wright was most well-known for his landscapes and portraits, and has been acclaimed as 'the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution'.

Illustrated with four etched plates reproduced using Messrs. A & W Dawson's Positive Etching Process, and one further plate. Lacking two plates, both etched by Mr. F. Seymour Haden.

With a preface by Cosmo Monkhouse. 

An ex library copy, with shelf number to back strip tail, bookplate removal to front pastedown, and stamps of the Newington Public Library Commission throughout.