Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821, Britishafter Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)
Title:
The Orrery
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 3/4 x 23in. (45.1 x 58.4cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14598
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus : Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-03-30 - 2007-06-11)Celestial Images - Astronomical Charts from 1500 to 1900 (Boston University Art Gallery, 1985-01-16 - 1986-01-10)
Publications:
Matthew Craske, Joseph Wright of Derby : Painter of darkness, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 2020, p. 27, fig. 18, NJ18.W95 C72 2020+ (YCBA)Matthew Hargraves, Joseph Wright of Derby and the Society of Artists of Great Britain, British Art Journal, Vol. 11, no. 1, 2010 (Spring), p. 55, N6761 B74 OVERSIZE (YCBA) Also available on line (ORBIS)