He married Sarah Wallis, of Derby, by whom he had two daughters, Hannah and Anne. The latter married James Holworthy, an eminent artist, a member of the old Society of Painters in Colours, and an intimate friend of the late J. M. W. Turner, R.A. Mr. Holworthy purchased the Brookfield Estate near Hathersage, and built Brookfield House. Hannah died May 13, 1867, unmarried.
BIRTH-PLACE OF “WRIGHT OF DERBY.”
Joseph, the third son of “Equity Wright,” is the subject of this biography. His sisters, Hannah, the third child, and Anne Elizabeth, or “Nancy,” the youngest of the family, died unmarried in the years 1810 and 1815, respectively.
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Joseph Wright, the painter, commonly called Wright of Derby, to distinguish him from another painter of the same surname,[3] was born at Derby on the 3rd of September, 1734, in the house No. 28, Irongate, and was educated at the Grammar School of that town, under the Rev. Mr. Almond.