Drawing of a mountainous landscape featuring a large boulder, identified as the Bowder Stone in Borrowdale in the Lake District. Inscribed on recto, top left (handwritten in pencil): 'R.W'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), c.1794. Ink wash over pencil on white laid paper.

Exhibitions:

  • 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: 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: The Discovery of the Lake District 1750 - 1810
    Venue: Grasmere and Wordsworth Museum
    Dates: from 20/05/1982 to 31/10/1982
  • Title: The Discovery of the Lake District: A Northern Arcadia and its Uses
    Venue: Victoria and Albert Museum
    Dates: from 19/09/1984 to 13/01/1985
  • 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: Life on Paper
    Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
    Dates: from 23/05/2025 to 07/09/2025

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
  • 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

Related People

  • Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)

    Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797

    Nationality: British

    Biography: Artist.

The Bowder Stone

Date: c. 1794

Medium: Ink wash over pencil on white laid paper.

Object Type:Drawing
Dimensions:Support: 267 × 365 mm (10 1/2 × 14 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions:Inscribed on recto, top left (handwritten in pencil): 'R.W'.
Provenance:...; Herbert Cheney Bemrose; thence to his wife, Florence May Bemrose (nee Prince); thence to her second husband, Major Lousada, by whom bequeathed to Derby Museums in 1954.
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Item Ref:1954-224/5