Lost and Found: Wright of Derby’s View of Gibraltar

2011·16.2 MB·English

by  John Bonehill, Janet M. Brooke, Barbara Klempan, David de Witt

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A View of Gibraltar during the deflru&ion of the Spanifli Floating
Batteries, on the 13th of September, 1782.
It may be proper to inform the fpe£lator, that the painter's
original plan was to execute two pictures, as companions to each
other, on this event fo glorious to our country. In the firft
(which is now exhibited) he has endeavoured to reprefent an
extenfive view of the fcenery combined with the a£lion. In the
fécond (which he hopes to finifh hereafter) he propofes to make
the a&ion his principal objeft, and delineate the particulars of it
more diftin£Uy.
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LOST AND
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WRIGHT OF
DERBY'S
VIEW OF
ESSAYS BY
JOHN BONEHILL
JANET M. BROOKE
BARBARA KLEMPAN
DAVID DE WITT
AGNES ETHERINGTON ART CENTRE,
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, CANADA
mm
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Lost and Found:
Wright of Derby's View of Gibraltar, presented at the
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston ON, Canada
from 5 February to 12 June 2011.
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre gratefully acknowledges
the support of The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art,
and of Alfred and Isabel Bader in the production of this publication.
Organizers: Janet M. Brooke, Director
David de Witt, Bader Curator of European Art
Authors: John Bonehill, Lecturer, History of Art, University of Glasgow
Janet M. Brooke
Barbara Klempan, Associate Professor, Master of Art Conservation,
Queen's University, Kingston
David de Witt
Publication management: Janet M. Brooke
Editor: Shannon Anderson
Design: Associés libres, Montréal
Printing: Marquis Book Printing Inc.
Distribution: ABC Art Books Canada/ABC Livres d'art Canada
www.abcartbookscanada.com
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen's University
Kingston ON, Canada K7L 3N6
www.aeac.ca
© Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, 2011
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Lost and found : Wright of Derby's View of
Gibraltar / essays by John Bonehill, Janet M. Brooke,
Barbara Klempan, David de Witt.
ISBN 978-1-55339-258-3
1. Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797. A View of Gibraltar. 2. History
painting--Ontario--Kingston. 3. Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
I. Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797 II. Bonehill, John III. Brooke, Janet M.
IV. Klempan, Barbara V. De Witt, David VI. Agnes Etherington
Art Centre VII. Title: Lost and Found: Wright of Derby's View of Gibraltar.
ND497.W8A75 2011 759.2 C2010-907961-2
Every reasonable attempt has been made to identify owners of copyright.
Errors or omissions will be corrected in subsequent reprints.
Endpapers: cat. 1 (details, digitally altered); citation from A Catalogue of Pictures,
Painted by J. Wright, of Derby, and Exhibited at Mr. Robins's Rooms...
(London: J. Barker, 1785), p. 8, no. 24.
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CONTENTS
7 PREFACE
JANET M. BROOKE
g ABBREVIATED LITERATURE
il "ARTIST AND BARD IN SWEET ALLIANCE":
JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY'S SOCIAL CIRCLES
AND THE MAKING OF A OF GIBRALTAR
JOHN BONEHILL
20 QUEST FOR FIRE:
RETRIEVING JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY'S
VIEW OF GIBRALTAR
DAVID DE WITT
32 FROM COVENT GARDEN TO KINGSTON ONTARIO:
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JANET M. BROOKE
40 TECHNICAL EXAMINATION AND CONSERVATION
TREATMENT OF A VIEW OF GIBRALTAR
BARBARA KLEMPAN
49 CATALOGUE
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Cat. î.
Joseph Wright of Derby
A View of Gibraltar during the destruction of the Spanish Floating Batteries,
on the 13th of September, 1782
1785
Oil on canvas
160.9 x 234.7 cm