Exhibitions:

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Wallis, Jane
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.
Author: Wallis, Jane
Published Place: Derby
Published Year: 1997

Related People

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

Ancient Walls of Rome, from a Sketch of Mr Wrights

Date: 1782

Medium: Ink washes over pencil on paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 349 × 492 mm (13 3/4 × 19 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on recto, to upper right (handwritten in pencil): 'Walls of Rome, From a sketch of Mr Wrights', and on the verso (handwritten in ink): 'Ancient Walls of Rome - / from a Sketch of Mr. Wrights - Augst. 17th - 1782 -'.
Provenance:	Reverend Thomas Gisborne of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire; 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:	1921-837/6