Title: Paintings by Joseph Wright, A.R.A., commonly called "Wright of Derby", together with some Original Drawings, and a Complete Collection of Prints after his Works
Venue: Derby Corporation Art Gallery
Dates: from 22/07/1883 to 22/07/1883
Title: Exhibition of British Art, c.1000-1860
Venue: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Dates: from 06/01/1934 to 10/03/1934
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, 1734-1797: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings Arranged by the Arts Council
Venue: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Dates: from to
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734 - 1797
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from to
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Wallis, Jane
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997

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
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

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

The Falls of Tivoli, Rome

Date: c. 1786

Medium: Ink and watercolour washes over pencil on laid paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 378 × 546 mm (14 7/8 × 21 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on verso, to top right corner (handwritten in ink): 'T G 1798'; verso, upper right (handwritten in pencil): 'By Mr Wright'; verso, lower centre (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; with the Hon. Mrs Emily Wingfield Griffiths (previously the Hon. Mrs Emily Wingfield Gisborne) of Yoxall Lodge in 1883, by whom sold Winterton & Sons of Lichfield, 7-9 September 1921; purchased by E. Crossland of Derby, from whom purchased by Derby Museums in 1921.
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Item Ref:	1921-837/3