General Portraits

10x12 cm

SIR RICHARD ARKWRIGHT.
Painted by Jos.^h Wright. R.A. | Engraved by J. Jenkins
FISHER, SON & Co. LONDON, 1832.
 
Line and stipple engraving by Joseph John Jenkins (1811-1885) after a painting by Joseph Wright (1734-97) showing Richard Arkwright with a model of his spinning frame on the desk behind him.

Joseph Jenkins was a British engraver and watercolour painter. Trained by his father, he is known for his portraits. He later turned to watercolour painting specialising in landscapes and domestic subjects.
Joseph Wright ARA (1734-1797), styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter notable for his use of chiaroscuro. He also had close associations with the pioneering industrialists of the Midlands and painted many subjects associated with the British Enlightenment, two of his famous patrons were Josiah Wedgwood and Richard Arkwright.

Sir Richard Arkwright (1732-1793) English inventor, industrialist  and entrepeneur well known for his development of the spinning frame adapted to water power.

Some light foxing to paper. Fine hand coloured engraving.