Sir brooke boothby, 6th baronet. Sir brooke boothby was a minor poet and landowner in derbyshire. He was part of the many people in the intellectual circles of lichfield who welcomed jean-jacques rousseau to england in 1766-7. After his return from exile boothby visited rousseau in paris where he obtained a copy of his autobiography. Boothby was instrumental in the book being published in lichfield in 1780 after the authors death. Many well-off people had their portraits rendered by joseph wright of derby and boothby's unusual portrait shows a copy of that book. Object Type: painting. Date: 1781. Dimensions: height: 148.6 cm (58.5 in); width: 207.6 cm (81.7 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Tate Britain. Sir Brooke Boothby Joseph Wright
