Title: Wright of Derby: The Bi-centenary Exhibition of Paintings by Joseph Wright
Venue: Derby Corporation Art Gallery
Dates: from 03/09/1934 to 18/11/1934
Title: Pictures by Joseph Wright of Derby
Venue: Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
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: Bath and Beyond
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from to
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: Wallis, Jane
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997
Title: A Sentimental Journey: Joseph Wright in Italy, 1773-1775
Venue: Pickford's House Museum, Derby
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 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

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

Vesuvius

Date: c. 1774-1775

Medium: Black chalk over pencil on laid paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 372 × 511 mm (14 5/8 × 20 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on the recto (handwritten in ink): '5'; on the verso (handwritten in ink): 'Chalk drawing of Mount Vesuvius by Mr Wright. This drawing was passed through rolling press to fix the chalk'; on the verso, to lower right (handwritten in pencil): 'The Hon'ble Mrs W E Griffiths'.
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. Mrs 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:	1921-837/1