CHAPTER IX

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DEATH OF MRS. WRIGHT.--HE REMOVES TO QUEEN STREET, DERBY.--HIS LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH.--MR. J. LEIGH PHILIPS ON THE CHARACTER OF WRIGHT.--SALE OF HIS PICTURES IN LONDON AND DERBY.--LETTERS FROM J. HOLLAND AND REV. THOS. GISBORNE 102

APPENDIX.

LIST OF PLATES.

PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH WRIGHT. _Reproduced by Messrs. A. & W. Dawson’s Positive Etching process_ FRONTISPIECE

TO FACE PAGE

“THE TWINS.” ANN HADEN, AFTERWARDS MRS. BOOT; AND SARAH HADEN, AFTERWARDS MRS. JAMES OAKES, OF THE RIDDINGS, DERBYSHIRE.--_Etched by Mr. F. Seymour Haden_ 12

“MARIA.”--_From Sterne’s “Sentimental Journey.” Reproduced by Messrs. A. & W. Dawson’s Positive Etching process_ 26

CONVERSATION PIECE. THREE CHILDREN OF RICHARD ARKWRIGHT, ELIZABETH (AFTERWARDS MARRIED TO FRANCIS HURT), JOHN, AND JOSEPH. _Reproduced by Messrs. A. & W. Dawson’s Positive Etching process_ 42

JOSEPH AND HARRIET, TWO OF WRIGHT’S CHILDREN 56

“EDWIN.” MR. THOMAS HADEN, OF DERBY, SAT FOR THIS PICTURE.--_From Dr. Beattie’s “Minstrel.” Etched by Mr. F. Seymour Haden_ 68

CONVERSATION PIECE. THREE CHILDREN, RICHARD, ROBERT, AND PETER (SONS OF RICHARD ARKWRIGHT). _Reproduced by Messrs. A. & W. Dawson’s Positive Etching process_ 84

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