Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008

Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008

Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008

Exhibitions:

Title: Wright of Derby
Dates: from 07/02/1990 to 22/04/1990
Title: Wright of Derby
Dates: from 17/05/1990 to 23/07/1990
Title: Wright of Derby
Dates: from 06/09/1990 to 02/12/1990

Publications

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby
Sub-Title: Painter of Light
Volume: 1
Published Place: London
Published Year: 1968

Related People

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

Romeo and Juliet. The Tomb Scene. 'Noise again! Then I'll be brief'

Date: c. 1790

Medium: oil on canvas

Object Type:	painting
Dimensions:	Frame: 2070 x 2650 x 100 mm (81 1/2 x 104 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.) Support: 1778 x 2413 mm (70 x 95 in.)
Provenance:	not in Wright's Account Book; ? painted on his own initiative for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery; rejected by Boydell, and remained on Wright's hands; offered in Wright's posthumous sale, Christie's 6 May 1801 (no. 51), bought in at £47.5.0; offered Derby 11 October 1810 (no. 7), bought in; purchased from Wright's executors by Robert Mosely and his nephew, by whom raffled during the 1843 exhibition; Henry Mosely, later its owner, from whom purchased...; Mrs Thomas Hope; Thomas Haden Oakes by 1883, by descent to James Oakes, from whom purchased by Derby Art Gallery in 1981.
Viewing Status:	On Display
Item Ref:	1981-330
Item Ref:	1981-330