- Title:
The Blacksmith's Shop
- Date:
- 1771
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 50 1/2 x 41 inches (128.3 x 104.1 cm), Frame: 55 1/2 × 45 1/4 inches (141 × 114.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower right: "Jo:[symbol] Wright | Pinx [symbol] 1771."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.712
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.712FR
- Subject Terms:
- angels | anvil (tool) | apprentices | blacksmiths | boys | children | church | clouds | contrast | genre subject | horseshoes (animal equipment) | labor | light | machines | metal | monastery | moon | moonlight | night | religious (people) | ruins | shop | tools | woman | workers
- Access:
- On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5042
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Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-05-22 - 2008-08-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool (Walker Art Gallery, 2007-11-17 - 2008-02-24) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-02-01 - 2002-05-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-12-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Joseph Wright of Derby (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990-09-06 - 1990-12-02) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Joseph Wright of Derby (Musée du Louvre, 1990-05-17 - 1990-07-23) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Joseph Wright of Derby (Tate Britain, 1990-02-07 - 1990-04-22) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797, an exhibition of paintings and drawings, the Tate Gallery, 11 April to 18 May, the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 31 May to 21 June , Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1958, no. 8, NJ18 W95 A77 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Joseph Wright of Derby, a selection of paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. [Exhibition] November 22, 1969 to May 1, 1970. , National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1969, no. 3, NJ18 W95 U5 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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