Joseph Wright of Derby Self-Portrait Date ca. 1780 Medium oil on canvas Dimension 61 x 73 cm In the collection of Yale Center for British Art, New Haven Date ca. 1780 Medium oil on canvas Dimension 61 x 73 cm In the collection of Yale Center for British Art, New Haven Self-portrait is one of six known painted versions by Joseph Wright of Derby, the English artist famed for his candle-lit scenes of early scientific experiments. Sold through Nicholas Hall to the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. more from this artist Self-Portrait Grotto by the Seaside in the Kingdom of Naples with Banditti, Sunset Academy by Lamplight Richard Gildart The Old Man and Death Dovedale by Moonlight An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump Three Children of Richard Arkwright with a Kite The Synnot Children The Annual Girandola at the Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome Two Girls Dressing a Kitten by Candlelight The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus or The Alchemist in Search of the Philosophers Stone