Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Centenary of Derby Museums and Art Gallery
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/04/1979 to 21/07/1979
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: Life on Paper
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 23/05/2025 to 07/09/2025

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby 1734 - 1797
Sub-Title: An introduction to the work of Joseph Wright of Derby with a catalogue of drawings held by Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Published on the occasion of an exhibition commemorating the Bicentenary of the artist's death.
Published Place: Derby
Published Year: 1997

Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.
Michelangelo (After)
Display Date: Italian, 1475 - 1564
Nationality: Italian

Study of the Prophet Jonah, after Michelangelo

Date: 1774-1775

Medium: Pen and ink on tan paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 527 × 419 mm (20 3/4 × 16 1/2 in.)
Description:	This study is taken from the figure of Jonah on the Sistine Chapel ceiling painted by Michelangelo. Jane Wallis noted that Wright, in conjunction with his friend and patron John Leigh Philips, were investigating the possibility of having some of Wright's drawings by Michelangelo engraved. These drawings appear, according to a letter to Philips of 24 September 1792, to have been kept together as a 'book of drawings'. Although the drawings do not appear to have been engraved, the book was recorded in William Bemrose's biography of Wright, published in 1885, and described as holding 36 sketches. Jane Wallis suggested that the drawings after Michelangelo in the DM collection were likely extracted from this volume. However, she also noted that the large size of the present drawing suggests that it did not originate from the same volume. See Wallis, 1997, pp.84-85 [LB: 2024]
Provenance:	...; William Bemrose of Derby; by descent to his son, Charles Lloyd Bemrose, by whom donated to Derby Museums in 1914.
Viewing Status:	Contact Us
Item Ref:	1914-517/24