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Lost and found : Wright of Derby's View of Gibraltar

Title
Lost and found : Wright of Derby's View of Gibraltar / essays by John Bonehill ... [et al.].
Publication
Kingston, Ont. : Agnes Etherington Art Centre, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797.
  • Bonehill, John.
  • Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
Description
61 p. : col. ill., col. ports.; 28 cm.
Summary
Offers a look at the rediscovery of Joseph Wright of Derby's spectacular "View of Gibraltar". This title presents the result of research by specialists in conservation and archival/documentary science authenticating the painting and returning it to its proper place in the canon of British 18th century art.
Alternative Title
Wright of Derby's View of Gibraltar
Subject
  • Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797
  • Agnes Etherington Art Centre
  • History in art
  • histories (visual works)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Preface / Janet M. Brooke -- Abbreviated literature -- Artist and bard in sweet alliance: Joseph Wright of Derby's social circles and the making of a view of Gibraltar / John Bonehill -- Quest for fire: retrieving Joseph Wright of Derby's view of Gibraltar / David De Witt -- From covent garden to Kingston Ontario: a picture's provenance / Janet M. Brooke -- Technical examination and conservation treatment of a view of Gibraltar / Barbara Klempan -- Catalogue.
ISBN
  • 9781553392583
  • 1553392582
OCLC
  • ocn693657726
  • 693657726
  • SCSB-1604484
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library