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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.14
People
Follower of Joseph Wright of Derby, British (Derby, England 1734 - 1797 Derby, England)
Previously attributed to Joseph Wright of Derby, British (Derby, England 1734 - 1797 Derby, England)
Title
Grotto on the Italian Coast
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
18th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227653

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
49.7 x 61.5 cm (19 9/16 x 24 3/16 in.)
frame: 63 x 74.8 x 8.1 cm (24 13/16 x 29 7/16 x 3 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r.: JW
  • inscription: on back of frame, in graphite: Gibbs 98
  • label: on back of frame: Frances Hofer
  • inscription: on back of frame, in black felt-tip: FLH-573
  • inscription: on back of frame, handwritten in blue ball-point: by Jos. Wright (of Derby), 18th English for FLH / bot of Chris. Gibbs London 3 / [ ] mudd incl. air frt. etc.
  • gallery label: on stretcher, torn: 7
  • label: on stretcher, torn, upside down : Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (crowned lion on crown)
  • inscription: verso of frame, lower left side, white chalk: X
  • label: stretcher, upper left, business at this address from 1925-41, label torn and overwritten in blue chalk: R. Jackson & Sons, Picture Frame Makers [and Colourmen]/18a Slater Street/Liverpool [label]/18 [overwritten in blue chalk]
  • inscription: verso, on canvas (left half), in white chalk: 18 (underlined)
  • inscription: verso, on canvas (left half), in white chalk: 3T [illeg.]
  • inscription: verso, on canvas (left half), in pencil : No. 18 [possibly; almost illeg. ]
  • inscription: verso, on canvas (right half), in white chalk: 4 [illeg.] [illeg.]
  • inscription: upper part of stretcher, graphite: [O] or [D] H D R cha[i] [m] 22 [illeg.]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.14
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

Verification Level

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