Smaller Italian sketchbook (containing 43 drawings on 44 leaves)

Creator Name

Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby)

Cultural Context

Date

1774–75

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Sketchbook

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Title

Smaller Italian sketchbook (containing 43 drawings on 44 leaves)

Creator

Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby), British, Derby 1734–1797 Derby, Artist

Worktype

Sketchbooks

Cultural Context

Material

Graphite, pen and ink, brush and gray and yellow wash or watercolor

Dimensions

Overall: 9 7/16 x 7 1/16 x 1/2 in. (24 x 18 x 1.3 cm) Sheet: 9 3/16 x 6 3/4 in. (23.4 x 17.1 cm);
height: 23.4centimetre;
width: 17.1centimetre;
height: 18centimetre;
width: 1.3centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

1774–75

Provenance

Rogers Fund, 1957

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Architecture; Ruins

Topic

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