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The paintingsWright is thought to have painted Vesuvius over thirty times in his career.[1] One of Wright's Vesuvius paintings known as Vesuvius from Portici, is held at the Huntington Library at San Marino in California. A second, known by the title Vesuvius in Eruption, with a View over the Islands in the Bay of Naples is in Tate Britain in London. A third, Vesuvius from Posillipo, can be seen at the Yale Center for British Art, while a fourth, known under almost the same title, is in a private collection. The painting in the Tate has been analysed{{by whom|date=December 2012}} to find that the bright yellow is due to the element sulphur whilst the ground for the painting is based on gypsum rather than chalk and that has led some{{who|date=December 2012}} to speculate that this was painted in Italy. It is not uncommon for Wright to arrange his compositions. The Tate painting does show the view to be between Sorrento and the Island of Capri, but from the walk up to Vesuvius you cannot see the two islands of Procida and Ischia which are included.[2] Surprisingly it appears that Wright at the time Wright was in Italy Vesuvius was not erupting, but he may have seen something that was briefly as impressive.[1] There is a gouache sketch of a view of Vesuvius, made in 1774 during Wright's Italian travels, among the collection of his works in Derby Museum and Art Gallery. This sketch is thought to be so quickly and carelessly done that it is thought to have been created at the scene. Benedict Nicolson, Wright's biographer, imagines him traveling up to the volcano with the vulcanologist and diplomat Sir William Hamilton who may have been a guide on these climbs.[3] References in other worksIt was said that one of Wright's Vesuvius paintings was commissioned by an Irish Bishop. When the painting was near completion the bishop visited to see the work and presumably to try and reduce the price. The bishop made such deprecating comments about the work that Wright decided to keep the painting and this story was made into a poem by Wright's friend William Hayley and eventually published in The Reliquary.[4] The Portici painting is used as the cover art for Frederick Pohl's novel, All the Lives He Led,' and also on the cover of The Vesuvian Affair by Cosima Zanardi. References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Vesuvius in Eruption, with a View over the Islands in the Bay of Naples circa 1776-80|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/wright-vesuvius-in-eruption-with-a-view-over-the-islands-in-the-bay-of-naples-t05846|publisher=The Tate|accessdate=22 October 2011}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Vesuvius in Eruption|url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/70231360/Joseph-Wright-of-Derby-1734-%E2%80%93-1797-Vesuvius-in-Eruption_-with-a-...|publisher=The Tate|accessdate=22 October 2011}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Nicolson|first=Benedict|title=Joseph Wright of Derby: painter of light, Volume 1|year=1968|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ms09AAAAIAAJ&q=vesuvious#v=onepage&q=vesuvius&f=false|publisher=Paul Mellon Foundation|page=76|isbn=9780710062840}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=The Art journal , Volume 5; Volume 18; Volume 28 p.378|year=1866|publisher=Virtue & Co|url=https://books.google.com/?id=j0wcAQAAMAAJ&dq=Grotto+in+the+Gulf+of+Salerno+wright}} Other versionsFurther reading
8 : Paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby|Mount Vesuvius|1770s paintings|Collections of Derby Museum and Art Gallery|Collection of the Huntington Library|Collection of the Tate galleries|Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art|Paintings in the Greater Los Angeles Area |
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