Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797, Joseph Wright notebook, 1775-1780
- Title(s):
- Joseph Wright notebook.
- Published/Created:
- 1775-1780.
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. : ill. ; 32 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsND1130.B3 W7 1775+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11181373
- Classification:
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Subject Terms:
- Bardwell, Thomas, 1704–1767. Practice of painting and perspective made easy.Color -- Early works to 1800.Darwin, Erasmus, 1731–1802 -- Correspondence.Paint mixing -- Early works to 1800.Painting -- Technique -- Early works to 1800.West, Benjamin, 1738–1820.Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797.
- Form/Genre:
- Notebooks.
Letters of introduction. - Export:
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- Comprises: 48 pages copied from Thomas Bardwell's "Observations on Painting" (i.e. his The practice of painting and perspective made easy, first published in 1756), with annotations by Wright (1780); two pages of notes by Wright on Benjamin West's techniques and color (1775); one letter (2 pages, laid in), from Erasmus Darwin, dated 22 November 1775, introducing Wright to patrons in Bath, England.
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