Derbyshire

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on Canvas.

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on Canvas.

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas.

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas

Image from: The New Illustrated Directory Entitled Men and Things of Modern England, 1858

This is an example of the type of limestone cavern that impressed visitors and potential visitors to… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Image: Portrait of Sir Richard Arkwright (1789-1790). Joseph Wright of Derby, Oil on Canvas. Text: Olga Baird… read more »

Virgil was a famous Roman poet who died in 19 BC. His tomb was located in the… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Originally called Fire in Rome, this image is probably one of Wright’s drawings of the Girandola firework… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on Canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Richard Arkwright lived at Rock House, Mill Road in Cromford, a three-storey brick building constructed in 1776.… read more »

The building on the right provided accommodation for young mill workers who, as a result of legislation… read more »

A Sunday school provided an education for children employed in factories during the late 18th and early… read more »

Sir Richard Arkwright originally built the church as a private chapel. He was an Anglican and discouraged… read more »

Richard Arkwright II built eight terraced houses in this street by to accommodate workers. Each dwelling was… read more »

These terraced dwellings were intended for spinners and their families. They were much smaller than the homes… read more »

The houses had back yards and were close to fields. They are over two hundred years old… read more »

A view of a row of houses built between 1771 and 1776 for handloom weavers. They were… read more »

Built between 1771 and 1776 these substantial dwellings were built to house handloom weavers and their families.… read more »

Using the water supplied from the Bonsall Brook, this overshot waterwheel provided the energy to power corn-grinding… read more »

This corn mill was an example of the commercial facilities which developed to serve Cromford’s expanding population… read more »

The growth of an industrial community and improvements in transport led Richard Arkwright and his successors to… read more »

The building of the Cromford Canal in the 1790s did not solve local transportation problems. Between 1816… read more »

The Counting House was built originally in about 1794 from sandstone. The Warehouse, dating from about 1824… read more »

The Cromford and Erewash Canal was built in the early 1790s as part of a route to… read more »

Upstream from Masson Mill a convex weir was constructed to direct water into a channel to drive… read more »

The building on the left was originally a paper mill, which was taken over by Sir Richard… read more »

Masson Mill in 1783 was originally driven by one waterwheel, but in 1801 two water wheels replaced… read more »

This substantial three-storey building provided the home for the mill manager. It was built immediately opposite Arkwright’s… read more »

Rococo double candelabrum in form of a flowering tree crowned with a nesting bird. The applied flowers… read more »

The group with a shepherd playing his pipe to a sleeping shepherdess is a good example of… read more »

Image: Old China Works, Derby, showing kilns for firing the porcelain. John Keys, Sketches of Old Derby… read more »

Image: Plan of the Town of Derby showing the silk mill and china works in the top right-hand… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright (1734-1797), Portrait of Erasmus Darwin (1792). Oil on Canvas. Image from: Wolverhampton Art Gallery Erasmus Darwin, who started… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery Virgil was a… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Sepia wash with brown ink. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery This… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Pen, ink and brown wash over pencil. Image from: Derby Museum & Art… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Pencil, pen and grey ink and grey wash. Image from: Derby Museum &… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734- 1797), Self Portrait (c1767-70). Charcoal on paper. Image from: Derby Museum… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (1774). Gouache on paper. Image from: Derby Museum &… read more »

Virgil’s Tomb (1782), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas. Derby Museum & Art Gallery. Wright painted several… read more »

Image: Bridge through a Cavern, Moonlight (1791).  Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas. Derby Museum & Art Gallery.… read more »

Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of his Ancestors (1772).  Joseph Wright of Derby(1734-1797), Oil on canvas. Derby Museum &… read more »

The Widow of an Indian Chief watching the Weapons of her deceased Husband (1785). Joseph Wright of Derby 1734-1797),… read more »

Alchymist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, (exhibited 1775, reworked 1795). Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on… read more »

Image: Masson Mill, Matlock Bath, near Cromford, Derbyshire. This factory was built by Sir Richard Arkwright, the… read more »

Image: Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, engraved by M Burghers. Robert Plot, The Natural History of Staffordshire (Oxford, 1686). The hall served… read more »

Image: The Alchymist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, (Exhibited 1771), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on… read more »

Image: Old Silk Mill, Derby. John Keys, Sketches of Old Derby and Neighbourhoods(London and Derby, 1895) Two brothers were… read more »

Image:Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797. Oil on Canvas, Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery Public scientific lectures… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Self Portrait in a Black Feathered Hat(c1767-1770). Oil on canvas. Summary Joseph Wright… read more »

Image: Terraced housing built between 1830 and 1850 on St Michael’s Street, Shrewsbury, probably by private speculators,… read more »

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd),… read more »

Image: South East View of Goodrich Castle in the County of Hereford Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of… read more »

John Whitehurst (1713-1788) was the oldest member of the Lunar Society. Born in Congleton in Cheshire he moved… read more »

Jedediah Strutt: Industrialist and Philanthopist Text: Olga Baird Jedediah Strutt (1726-1797) was one of leading pioneer industrialists of… read more »

Wright’s painting is a celebration of scientific knowledge and the interpreter of this knowledge, the philosopher. The… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas

Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution Text: Olga Baird Joseph Wright… read more »

This five-storey building was built in 1785 to 1790. The four upper floors contained machinery for spinning.… read more »

The aqueduct carried water from the Greyhound Pond and Cromford Sough to power the water wheels of… read more »

This three-storey building was probably Sir Richard Arkwright’s loom shop and was built between 1776 and 1786.… read more »

The photograph shows four buildings. The Upper Mill in the centre was constructed in 1771 as a… read more »

Known to locals as the “Bear Pit”, this example of hydraulic engineering was constructed in 1785 by… read more »

The pond was a man-made dam created in about 1785 to provide the main source of water… read more »

The picture shows the rural landscape in which many 18th century factories were located. The Derwent Valley… read more »

Image: Housing in North Street, Cromford, Derbyshire. Richard Arkwright built houses to attract people to work in his… read more »

This factory was built by Sir Richard Arkwright in 1783-84 just outside Cromford. He built the mill in an… read more »

The art of portraiture was changing during the Industrial Revolution. The expansion of commerce and industry in… read more »