| Dovedale by Moonlight | |
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| Artist | Joseph Wright of Derby |
| Year | 1784 |
| Dimensions | 62.5 cm × 77.8 cm (24.6 in × 30.6 in) |
| Location | Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio |
Dovedale by Moonlight, 1784, is one of five paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby which uses the picturesque valley of Dovedale as its subject. These paintings were sometimes made as pairs with one showing the view by day and the other by moonlight. Wright admitted that he had not observed this scene directly, "Moon lights & fire lights are but a sort of work with me for I cant with impunity go out at night and study the former, & the latter I have seen but once, and at a time too, when I thought not of painting such effects."[1]
- ^ Wieseman, M.E. "Joseph Wright of Derby (English Derby 1734 – 1797) Dovedale by Moonlight, ca. 1784–85". Modern Landscapes. Allen Memorial Art Gallert. Retrieved 24 October 2011.