- Title:
Landscape with a Rainbow
- Date:
- between 1793 and 1794
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 27 1/2 × 39 5/16 inches (69.9 × 99.9 cm), Frame: 36 1/2 × 48 inches (92.7 × 121.9 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Duncan Robinson, Director, Yale Center for British Art (1981–1995)
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2014.19
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Subject Terms:
- arch bridge | bridge (built work) | landscape | light | meteorology | rainbow | stream | trees
- Access:
- Not on view
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:67320
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In a New Light: Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-03-24 - 2023-12-03) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
William Bemrose, The Life and Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., Commonly Called "Wright of Derby.", Bemrose & sons, London and Derby, 1885, p. 109, Folio A N 86 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Allan Braham, Wright of Derby : Mr. & Mrs. Coltman, exhibition organised and booklet written by Allan Braham : National Gallery, London, 5 February-27 April, 1986... , The National Gallery, London, London, 1986, p. 7, fig. 5, NJ18 W95 A15 M71 1986 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Commune di Milano (Palazzo Reale), Pittura inglese 1660-1840, due secoli di cultura, storia e costume in Inghilterra : milano, Palazzo reale, 29 gennaio-16 marzo 1975 , Electra, Milano, 1975, pp. 136-137, ND466 P53 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Stephen Daniels, Joseph Wright, Tate Publishing, London, 1999, pp. 75, 76, 78, fig. 62, NJ18 W95 D25 1999 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Judy Egerton, Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797, Londres, Tate Gallery, 7 fâevrier-22 avril 1990 ; Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 17 mai-23 juillet 1990 ; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 6 septembre-2 dâecembre 1990 , Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1990, pp. 166-167, no. 106, NJ18 W95 +E5414 1990 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
Judy Egerton, Wright of Derby, Tate Publishing, London, 1990, p. 195, no. 124, NJ18 W95 +E54 1990 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
European Masters of the Eighteenth Century, Winter Exhibition, 1954-5 , Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1954, p. 120, no. 408, ND456 L65 1954B (LSF) [ORBIS]
David Fraser, Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Derby Museums & Art Gallery, Derby, 1979, pp. 12, 15, 17, no. 43, pl. 14, NJ18 W95 F72 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Geoffrey Grigson, Britain Observed : The Landscape Through Artists' Eyes, Phaidon, London, 1975, pp. 72-73, pl. 40, ND1354 G75 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, p. 54, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Imprimerie moderne du Lion, La peinture britannique de Gainsborough a Bacon, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, 9 mai-1er septembre 1977 inauguree par le Prince de Galles, le 9 mai 1977 , Paris, 1977, p. 89, no. 66, ND464 P45 1977 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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, pp. 33-34, no. 32, NJ18 W95 A77 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Desmond King-Hele, Fascinated by Light, RSA Journal, vol. 138, April 1990, p. 366, U10 R81j (LSF) [ORBIS]
Desmond King-Hele, Fascinated by Light, RSA Journal, vol. 138, April 1990, p. 366, available online via JSTOR [ORBIS]
Huon Mallalieu, Art World Hopes for a Dramatic Discovery at the End of the Rainbow, The Times (London), April 13, 2013, p. 80 (Features), Available Online : LexisNexis Academic (YCBA) Also available on Microfilm: Film An T482 (SML) [YCBA]
John McEwen, Englightenment Portrayed, Art in America, 78, October 1990, p. 167, N1 +A43 Oversize (HAAS) [ORBIS]
Benedict Nicolson, Joseph Wright of Derby : Painter of Light, Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, London, New York, 1968, p. 262 (v.1), 217 (v.2), no. 298, pl. 347 (v.2), NJ18 W95 +N53 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
Jane Wallis, Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797, an introduction to the work of Joseph Wright of Derby with a catalogue of drawings held by Derby Museum and Art Gallery; published on the occasion of an exhibition commemorating the bicentenary of the artist's death, 21 June-28 September, 1997, Derby... , Derby Museums & Art Gallery, Derby, 1997, p. 47, pl. 31, NJ18 W95 +W25 1997 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]