Joseph Wright

Ariadne's Gallery holds 98 works by Joseph Wright, made between 1750 and 1795. Most belong to Romanticism, Rococo and Baroque. The most common genres are landscape, portrait and genre painting. Compared with the rest of the collection, these works most often evoke anger and tension.

Emotional profile

Sadness: 32 (collection average 34)
Joy: 50 (collection average 46)
Tension: 60 (collection average 48)
Anger: 38 (collection average 23)
Nostalgia: 44 (collection average 47)
Wonder: 53 (collection average 48)
Interest: 60 (collection average 57)

Styles

Romanticism (10,906)
Rococo (2,857)
Baroque (5,571)
Neoclassicism (3,212)

Artworks

Boy with Plumed Hat and Greyhound, 1750 — Interest 80, Joy 73, Wonder 70
Anne Bateman, later Mrs. John Gisbourne, 1755 — Interest 78, Joy 69, Wonder 67
Anne or Molly Cracroft, c.1760 — Anger 54, Interest 68, Tension 61
Harvey Wilmot, c.1760 — Interest 74, Wonder 65, Joy 65
Portrait of a Lady, c.1760 — Joy 65, Interest 70, Wonder 55
Simon Wilmot, c.1760 — Interest 65, Joy 55, Wonder 50
William Brooke, 1760 — Sadness 51, Wonder 55, Nostalgia 50
Mrs. Andrew Lindington, c.1761 - c.1762 — Joy 55, Interest 55, Wonder 45
Edward Becher Leacroft, c.1762 — Interest 77, Wonder 67, Joy 68
Francis Noel Clarke Mundy, c.1762 - c.1763 — Anger 65, Tension 69, Interest 60
Harry Peckham, c.1762 - c.1763 — Interest 73, Wonder 63, Joy 60
Peter Perez Burdett and his First Wife Hannah, 1765 — Interest 76, Joy 70, Wonder 60
Cornet Sir George Cooke, c.1766 - c.1768 — Anger 66, Tension 69, Interest 70
Mrs. Robert Gwillym, 1766 — Sadness 44, Anger 9, Joy 30
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768 — Interest 75, Wonder 65, Joy 66
Dressing the Kitten, c.1768 — Interest 76, Wonder 65, Joy 64
Study of a Young Girl in a Turban and Frilled Collar, 1768 — Anger 70, Tension 80, Wonder 50
Study of a Young Girl with Feathers in Her Hair, c.1768 — Joy 51, Interest 60, Wonder 50
A Philosopher by Lamp Light, 1769 — Anger 55, Interest 72, Wonder 62
An Academy by Lamplight, 1769 — Interest 73, Wonder 63, Joy 61
Mrs. John Ashton, c.1769 — Joy 50, Interest 55, Anger 20
Mrs. Sarah Clayton, c.1769 — Sadness 40, Joy 35, Anger 10
Portrait of Fleetwood Hesketh, 1769 — Interest 75, Joy 70, Wonder 60
A Conversation between Girls, or Two Girls with their Black Servant, 1770 — Anger 70, Tension 75, Sadness 35
Landscape Study Development from a Blot, c.1770 — Anger 70, Tension 80, Sadness 45
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coltman, c.1770 - c.1772 — Joy 50, Interest 60, Wonder 50
Study of the Interior of Glass House, c.1770 - c.1772 — Joy 60, Interest 65, Wonder 55
A Blacksmith's Shop, 1771 — Anger 59, Interest 70, Tension 65
Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of his Ancestors, 1772 — Anger 74, Tension 85, Sadness 60
The Iron Forge, 1772 — Joy 65, Interest 69, Wonder 55
The Earthstopper on the Banks of the Derwent, 1773 — Anger 70, Tension 80, Wonder 49
A Cavern, Evening, 1774 — Anger 68, Tension 72, Interest 65
An Eruption of Vesuvius, seen from Portici, c.1774 - c.1776 — Anger 70, Tension 75, Interest 64
Cavern, Near Naples, 1774 — Anger 81, Tension 85, Sadness 40
Study of the Terrain near Vesuvius, 1774 — Tension 60, Joy 55, Anger 30
The Captive, from Sterne, 1774 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 59
The Old Man and Death, 1774 — Anger 85, Sadness 85, Tension 95
A View of Mount Etna and A Nearby Town, c.1775 — Anger 75, Tension 79, Sadness 40
Study of John Staveley's Head, 1775 — Anger 60, Tension 70, Sadness 35
Study of Melancholy Girl, 1775 — Anger 66, Tension 75, Sadness 41
John Milnes, 1776 — Interest 76, Joy 68, Wonder 66
Portrait of Jane Darwin and her son William Brown Darwin, 1776 — Interest 70, Joy 65, Wonder 55
The Annual Girandola, at the Castle of St.Angelo, Rome, 1776 — Anger 70, Tension 80, Sadness 40
Vesuvius in Eruption, with a View over the Islands in the Bay of Naples, c.1776 - c.1780 — Anger 70, Tension 80, Wonder 50
Maria, 'A Sentimental Journey' by Laurence Sterne, 1777 — Sadness 79, Anger 50, Tension 70
Vesuvius in Eruption, c.1777 - c.1780 — Anger 70, Tension 81, Wonder 50
A Grotto in the Kingdom of Naples, with Banditti, 1778 — Anger 80, Tension 85, Sadness 42
An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, with the Procession of St. Januariu'-s Head, 1778 — Interest 74, Wonder 65, Joy 65
Firework Display at the Castel Sant' Angelo in Rome, 1779 — Sadness 74, Anger 60, Tension 80
Virgil's Tomb, with the Figure of Silius Italicus, 1779 — Sadness 75, Nostalgia 70, Tension 66
A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset, c.1780 - c.1781 — Anger 82, Tension 88, Sadness 43
A Grotto in the Gulf of Salernum, with the figure of Julia, banished from Rome, 1780 — Anger 74, Tension 80, Sadness 40
Matlock Tor by Daylight, c.1780 — Interest 76, Wonder 66, Joy 68
Mrs. Francis Hurt, c.1780 — Sadness 35, Joy 45, Anger 15
Mrs. Samuel Crompton, c.1780 — Joy 65, Interest 70, Wonder 55
Portrait of a Girl in a Tawny Colored Dress, c.1780 — Interest 80, Joy 75, Wonder 65
View in Matlock Dale, Looking Towards Black Rock Escarpment, c.1780 - c.1785 — Joy 70, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Arkwright's Cotton Mills by Night, c.1782 — Anger 65, Tension 70, Interest 59
John Whitehurst, c.1782 - c.1783 — Interest 77, Wonder 67, Joy 69
The Corinthian Maid, c.1782 - c.1785 — Wonder 61, Joy 60, Interest 65
Dovedale by Moonlight, 1785 — Anger 82, Tension 89, Sadness 42
Sunset on the Coast near Naples, c.1785 - c.1790 — Anger 65, Tension 75, Sadness 45
The Lady in Milton's Comus, 1785 — Interest 75, Joy 70, Wonder 60
Widow of an Indian Chief, 1785 — Sadness 80, Nostalgia 75, Tension 70
Convent of San-Cosimato and Part of the Claudian Aqueduct near Vicovaro in the Roman Campagna, c.1786 — Anger 68, Tension 72, Interest 65
Thomas Gisborne and His Wife Mary, 1786 — Joy 50, Tension 50, Wonder 50
View in Dovedale, 1786 — Interest 70, Joy 65, Wonder 55
A Cottage on Fire, c.1787 — Sadness 85, Anger 70, Tension 90
Lake with Castle on a Hill, 1787 — Anger 55, Interest 72, Wonder 62
The Children of Hugh and Sarah Wood of Swanwick, Derbyshire, 1789 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 60
The Cloister of San Cosimato, 1789 — Anger 55, Tension 59, Sadness 35
An Italian Landscape with Mountains and a River, 1790 — Interest 76, Joy 69, Wonder 66
Harriet Wright, the Artist's Daughter, c.1790 - c.1793 — Anger 54, Interest 72, Wonder 62
Italian Landscape, 1790 — Interest 75, Wonder 65, Joy 65
Lake Albano, c.1790 - c.1792 — Anger 56, Interest 68, Tension 60
Lake Nemi, c.1790 - c.1792 — Interest 75, Joy 67, Wonder 65
Landscape near Bedgellert, c.1790 - c.1795 — Anger 55, Interest 72, Wonder 62
Landscape with Figures and a Tilted Cart, Matlock Hogh Tor in the Distance, c.1790 — Interest 75, Wonder 65, Joy 65
Portrait of Richard Arkwright Junior with his Wife Mary and Daughter Anne, 1790 — Interest 80, Joy 76, Wonder 65
Portrait of Samuel Oldknow, c.1790 - c.1792 — Interest 75, Joy 70, Wonder 61
View of the Lake of Nemi, 1790 - 1795 — Joy 54, Interest 60, Wonder 50
Landscape with a Rainbow, 1794 — Wonder 52, Nostalgia 39, Anger 12
Ullswater, c.1795 — Interest 70, Joy 65, Wonder 55
A Lighthouse on Fire at Night — Sadness 70, Nostalgia 75, Tension 70
Cottage on Fire at Night — Sadness 79, Anger 66, Tension 85
Erasmus Darwin — Anger 80, Tension 85, Sadness 40
Francis Burdett — Interest 73, Wonder 64, Joy 60
Landscape with Dale Abbey — Joy 66, Interest 66, Wonder 55
Mr. and Mrs. William Chase — Joy 55, Wonder 50, Interest 55
Portrait of a Gentleman — Interest 80, Joy 75, Wonder 65
Portrait of a Lady — Interest 85, Joy 79, Wonder 71
Sir William FitzHerbert as a boy — Joy 55, Wonder 46, Interest 55
The Blacksmith's Shop, 18th century — Joy 55, Wonder 54, Interest 60
The Eruption of Vesuvius — Anger 66, Tension 71, Joy 60
Vesuvius from Portici — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Tension 55
Vesuvius from Posillipo — Tension 61, Interest 66, Joy 55
Vesuvius from Posillipo — Tension 59, Interest 65, Joy 55
Virgil's Tomb — Sadness 70, Nostalgia 65, Tension 60

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