Title: Pictures by Joseph Wright of Derby
Venue: Graves Art Gallery
Dates: from 17/07/1950 to 27/07/1950
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby
Venue: Norwich Castle Museum
Dates: from 03/01/1959 to 01/02/1959
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: Wright in Italy. Joseph Wright of Derby's Visit Abroad, 1773-5
Venue: Fraser, David
Dates: from 08/08/1987 to 20/09/1987
Title: Wright of Derby
Venue: Tate Gallery
Dates: from 15/04/1990 to 15/04/1990
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: A Sentimental Journey: Joseph Wright in Italy, 1773-1775
Venue: Pickford's House Museum
Dates: from 01/06/2010 to 05/09/2010
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: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings Arranged by the Arts Council
Venue: Walker Art Gallery
Dates: from 15/04/2026 to

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
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light
Sub-Title: Volume 1
Volume: 1
Published Place: London
Copyright: Benedict Nicolson, 1968
Published Year: 1968
Title: Wright in Italy
Sub-Title: Joseph Wright of Derby's Visit Abroad, 1773-5
Published Place: Sudbury
Published Year: 1987

Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.

View through an Archway, Rome

Date: c. 1774-1775

Medium: Pen and ink and grey wash over pencil on paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 543 × 362 mm (21 3/8 × 14 1/4 in.)
Description:	Inscriptrion '21' to top right does not appear to be in Wright's hand. Fraser likens Wright's interest in overgrown ruins to the work of his Dutch antecedents, such as Breenbergh and van Poelenburgh. [see Fraser, D. 'Wright in Italy' (1987), p.9.]
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on recto, to top right (handwritten in pencil): '21'.
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:	1914-517/59