Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool
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 University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780300117455
Subjects: Wright, Joseph, -- 1734-1797 -- Exhibitions.; Art and society -- England -- Liverpool -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Notes: This publication accompanies the exhibition Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool, organized by the Walker Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art, on view at the Walker Art Gallery from 17 November 2007 to 24 February 2008 and at the Center from 22 May to 31 August 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-207) and index.
Table of contents: value: The urban renaissance in Liverpool 1760-1800 / Jane Longmore; value: The Liverpool art scene 1745-1770 / Alex Kidson; value: Swallowing up all the business: Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool / Elizabeth E. Barker; value: Printmaking and print collectors in the North West 1760-1800 / Martin Hopkinson; value: A conversation of girls: Wright and the British visual culture of slavery 1760-1800 / Sarah Parsons.