Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008
Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008
Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008
Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008

Exhibitions:

  • Title: 13th Exhibition of the Royal Academy
    Venue: Royal Academy of Arts, London
    Dates: from 30/04/1781 to 02/06/1781
  • Title: Joseph Wright and the Lure of Italy (The Grand Tour, Part 2)
    Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
    Dates: from 18/03/2016 to 12/06/2016
  • Title: Museum Menagerie
    Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
    Dates: from 11/02/2017 to 19/02/2017

Publications

  • Title: Romanticism in the North - From Friedrich to Turner
    Published Place: Groningen
    Copyright: WBOOKS/Groninger Museum
    Published Year: 2017

Related People

  • Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)

    Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797

    Nationality: British

    Biography: Artist.

Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Moonlight

Date: c. 1780-1781

Medium: Oil on canvas.

Object Type:Painting
Dimensions:Frame: 1204 × 1484 × 57 mm (47 3/8 × 58 7/16 × 2 1/4 in.) Support: 1016 × 1270 mm (40 × 50 in.)
Inscriptions:'JW o D pinx / 178[?]' recto, lower right (last number illegible).
Provenance:...; listed for sale when shown at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1781; ...; purchased by Thomas Hardman; purchased by James Hatton(?); ...; with Simon Dickinson in 2001, from whom purchased by Derby Museums.
Viewing Status:Contact Us
Item Ref:2001-72
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