Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1770, Oil on canvas, 49 7/8 x 40 in. (126. 7 x 101. 6 cm), Paintings, Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) (British, Derby 1734?1797 Derby), Joseph Wright of Derby was the first major British painter to work almost entirely outside London. Most of his patrons were merchants or industrialists from the Midlands or members of the local gentry