Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool / Elizabeth E. Barker and Alex Kidson ; with contributions by Martin Hopkinson, Jane Longmore, and Sarah Parsons.
Published / Created:
Liverpool : Walker Art Gallery ; 2007.New Haven : Yale Center for British Art : 2007.
Physical Description:
x, 216 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Issued in connection with an exhibition held Nov. 17, 2007-Feb. 24, 2008, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and May 22-Aug. 30, 2008, Yale Center for British Art.
Contents:
The urban renaissance in Liverpool, 1760-1800 / Jane Longmore -- The Liverpool art scene, 1745-1770 / Alex Kidson -- "Swallowing up all the business" : Joseph Wright 'of Derby' in Liverpool / Elizabeth E. Barker -- Printmaking and print-collectors in the north-west, 1760-1800 / Martin Hopkinson -- A conversation of girls : Wright and the British visual culture of slavery, 1760-1800 / Sarah Parsons.
Subject Terms:
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797 -- Exhibitions. | Art and society -- England -- Liverpool -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.
Contributors:
Kidson, Alex. | Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797. | Walker Art Gallery. | Yale Center for British Art.