# Joseph Wright of Derby

Artist galleries · hang 756 · 3 works

Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734–1797). Every work of theirs in the collection, in today's hang.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## North wall

1. [Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-in-a-fur-cap-aic-76295), Joseph Wright of Derby, 1765/68. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/joseph-wright-of-derby/self-portrait-in-a-fur-cap-aic-76295?hang=756)
2. [Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/virgil-s-tomb-by-moonlight-with-silius-italicus-declaiming-met-441769), Joseph Wright of Derby, 1779. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/joseph-wright-of-derby/virgil-s-tomb-by-moonlight-with-silius-italicus-declaiming-met-441769?hang=756)
3. [Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-colonel-charles-heathcote-cma-302209), Joseph Wright of Derby, c. 1771–72. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/joseph-wright-of-derby/portrait-of-colonel-charles-heathcote-cma-302209?hang=756)

## Doors

- [More Georgian Britain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/georgian-britain?hang=756&via=continue) (63 works)
- [18th-century Britain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain?hang=756&via=continue) (42 works)