Joseph Wright of Derby and the arts of Liverpool
Subtitle: laying the foundations of taste
By: Elizabeth E. Barker and Alex Kidson ; with contributions by Martin Hopkinson, Jane Longmore, and Sarah Parsons.
Contributors: Kidson, Alex.; Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797.; Walker Art Gallery.; Yale Center for British Art.
Publisher: Yale Center for British Art
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300117455
Subjects: Wright, Joseph, -- 1734-1797 -- Exhibitions; Art and society -- England -- Liverpool -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The urban renaissance in Liverpool, 1760-1800 / Jane Longmore; title: The Liverpool art scene, 1745-1770 / Alex Kidson; title: "Swallowing up all the business" : Joseph Wright 'of Derby' in Liverpool / Elizabeth E. Barker; title: Printmaking and print-collectors in the north-west, 1760-1800 / Martin Hopkinson; title: A conversation of girls : Wright and the British visual culture of slavery, 1760-1800 / Sarah Parsons.