Drawing of a landscape featuring what appears to be a limstone tor. Inscribed on the verso (handwritten in ink): 'T G 1798'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734 - 1797), c.1783-1787. Ink washes over pencil on laid paper. Displayed in a cream window mount.

Exhibitions:

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997

Publications

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

Related People

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

Landscape Study, Limestone Tor, Derwent Valley

Date: c. 1783-1787

Medium: Ink washes over pencil on laid paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 311 × 483 mm (12 1/4 × 19 in.)
Description:	Jane Wallis notes that the drawing entered the collection as part of a larger group of 7 works on paper purchased from the artist and picture dealer Enoch Crosland, of 37 Midland Road, Derby. The record for this group reads: 'A portfolio of drawings by Wright of Derby and 3 miscellaneous after Wright, from a sale at Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire (Gisborne family)'.The present drawing was listed among the 3 'miscellaneous drawings' though not to be by Wright, but both Wallis and David Fraser felt otherwise and attributed it to the artist. [see Wallis, J. 'Joseph Wright of Derby' (1997), p.107.] Inscriptions on this drawing, and others in the same group (DBYMU 1921-837), suggest that it was given to Gisborne by John Holland of Ford in 1798, the year after Wright died. Holland served as an executor to Wright's will and was responsible for dispersing the contents of his studio. [LB: 2024] Yoxall Lodge and its contents were sold at auction, conducted by Messrs Winterton & Sons of Lichfield, between 7 and 9 September 1921. This is recorded in an advertisement in the Tamworth Herald for Saturday 3 September, in which it mentions 'oil paintings by Bogdani and Joseph Wright, ARA.' The advertisement states that a catalogue was available, but I have not been able to locate this so far. It is assumed that Crosland purchased the portfolio of drawings at the auction and sold it to DM shortly afterwards. [LB: 2024]
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on the verso (handwritten in ink): 'T G 1798'.
Provenance:	?With Wright's executor, John Holland of Ford Hall, Derbyshire, by whom given to Reverend Thomas Gisborne of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire, in 1798; thence by descent to the Hon. Mrs Emily Wingfield Gisborne (later the Hon. Emily Wingfield Griffiths) of Yoxall Lodge, by whom sold Winterton & Sons of Lichfield, 7-9 September 1921; purchased by E. Crosland of Derby, from whom purchased by Derby Museums in 1921.
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Item Ref:	1921-837/5