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: 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
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light
Sub-Title: Volume 1
Volume: 1
Published Place: London
Copyright: Benedict Nicolson, 1968
Published Year: 1968

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

Verso: Study of a Landscape (Lake by Moonlight?)

Date: c.1780-1781

Medium: Pen and ink and ink wash over pencil with white chalk on blue-green paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 181 × 229 mm (7 1/8 × 9 in.)
Description:	Nicolson noted that this study corresponds to an oil painting 'A Lake by Moonlight', which is now in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art [see Nicolson, B. 'Joseph Wright of Derby' (1968), pp.84; 250, plates 239 and 240.] It is unclear whether this is a real or imagined location.
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:	1914-517/61B