Erasmus Darwin. Colour mezzotint by J. R. Smith, 1797, after J. Wright.
- Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797.
- Date:
- 1797
- Reference:
- 2381i
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Half-length to left, holding a quill pen in his right hand
Publication/Creation
1797
Physical description
1 print : mezzotint
References note
Benedict Nicolson, Joseph Wright of Derby, painter of light. London 1968, vol. 1, p. 193, nos. 52-54 (this print mentioned)
R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 765.1
Ellen G. D'Oench, "Copper into gold": prints by John Raphael Smith 1751-1812, New Haven 1999, no. 338
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2381i
Creator/production credits
After one of Wright's paintings of this composition, of which Nicolson records three versions, loc. cit. There are differences in detail between the paintings and the present print
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