Comprises: 48 pages copied from Thomas Bardwell's "Observations on Painting" (i.e. his The practice of painting and perspective made easy, first published in 1756), with annotations by Wright (1780)

2 pages of notes by Wright on Benjamin West's techniques and color (1775)

1 letter (2 pages, laid in), from Erasmus Darwin, dated 22 November 1775, introducing Wright to patrons in Bath, England.

Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802 > Correspondence.

Painting > Technique > Early works to 1800.

Paint mixing > Early works to 1800.

Color > Early works to 1800.

Notebooks.

Letters of introduction.