Title: Wright of Derby
Author: Judy Egerton
Published Place: London
Copyright: The Tate Gallery
Published Year: 1990
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light
Sub-Title: Volume 1
Volume: 1
Author: Benedict Nicolson
Published Place: London
Copyright: Benedict Nicolson, 1968
Published Year: 1968
Title: Acquisition in Focus
Sub-Title: Wright of Derby: Mr & Mrs Coltman
Author: Allan Braham
Published Place: National Gallery, London
Published Year: 1986

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

Landscape with a Rainbow

Date: 1794

Medium: Oil on canvas.

Object Type:	Painting
Dimensions:	Frame: 990 × 1240 × 90 mm (39 × 48 13/16 × 3 9/16 in.) Support: 812 × 1067 mm (31 15/16 × 42 in.)
Inscriptions:	'I W 1794' recto, lower left.
Provenance:	Listed in Wright's Account Book as 'picture of a bridge wth. the effect of a rainbow''; remained unsold during Wright's lifetime; offered at his posthumous sale, Christie’s 6 May 1801 (lot 46, as 'A Landscape with a Rainbow, View near Chesterfield in Derbyshire') for £59.17.0, and bought in ? or purchased by 'Tate'?; ...; Anna Romana Cade (Wright's eldest daughter); ...; Alfred John Keene, Derby artist and picture dealer, from whom purchased by Derby Museums in 1913.
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Item Ref:	1913-505