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href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Earthstopper on the Banks of the Derwent</b></i> is a painting by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby" title="Joseph Wright of Derby">Joseph Wright of Derby</a> originally completed in 1773. The scene shows a man digging at nighttime beside the <a href="/wiki/River_Derwent_(Derbyshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="River Derwent (Derbyshire)">River Derwent</a> in Derbyshire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Earthstopper&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The painting shows a man blocking foxholes so that a subsequent foxhunt could kill the fox without the animal having the opportunity to hide underground. This man was known as an <i>Earthstopper</i>. </p><p>Joseph Wright was known for his studies under unusual lighting and this can be seen here combined with landscape. Wright completed few notable paintings that included landscapes before he went on his tour of Italy where he created a large number including those that showed the eruption of <a href="/wiki/Vesuvias" class="mw-redirect" title="Vesuvias">Vesuvias</a>. <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Nicolson" title="Benedict Nicolson">Benedict Nicolson</a>, who was an authority on Joseph Wright believed this painting inspired lines of poetry<sup id="cite_ref-nicolson_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nicolson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a collection named after and in aid of the preservation of <a href="/wiki/Needwood_Forest" title="Needwood Forest">Needwood Forest</a>. The lines were written by <a href="/wiki/Francis_Noel_Clarke_Mundy" title="Francis Noel Clarke Mundy">Francis Noel Clarke Mundy</a>, who later commissioned six Wright portraits, including one of himself. These three quarter length portraits were of himself and five of his friends in the uniform of Mundy's own private hunt. Mundy's lines read: </p> <div class="poem"> <p><span class="mw-poem-indented" style="display: inline-block; margin-inline-start: 1em;">Whilst as the silver moonbeams rise,</span><br /> <span class="mw-poem-indented" style="display: inline-block; margin-inline-start: 1em;">Imagin'd temples strike my eyes</span><br /> <span class="mw-poem-indented" style="display: inline-block; margin-inline-start: 1em;">With tottering spire, and mouldering wall,</span><br /> <span class="mw-poem-indented" style="display: inline-block; margin-inline-start: 1em;">And high roof nodding to it's fall, -</span><br /> <span class="mw-poem-indented" style="display: inline-block; margin-inline-start: 1em;">His lanterns gleaming down the glade,</span><br /> <span class="mw-poem-indented" style="display: inline-block; margin-inline-start: 1em;">One, like a sexton with his spade,</span><br /> <span class="mw-poem-indented" style="display: inline-block; margin-inline-start: 1em;">Comes from their caverns to exclude</span><br /> <span class="mw-poem-indented" style="display: inline-block; margin-inline-start: 1em;">The midnight prowlers from the wood...<sup id="cite_ref-mundy_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mundy-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </p> </div> <p>It is apt that Wright who had based his own paintings like <a href="/wiki/Miravan" class="mw-redirect" title="Miravan">Miravan</a> on literature should, in turn, inspire poetry in the group that included <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_Darwin" title="Erasmus Darwin">Erasmus Darwin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anna_Seward" title="Anna Seward">Anna Seward</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Earthstopper&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The painting was exhibited in 1773. It was bought by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Yorke,_2nd_Earl_of_Hardwicke" title="Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke">Philip Yorke</a> who became a fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society" title="Royal Society">Royal Society</a> and was the 2nd <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Hardwicke" title="Earl of Hardwicke">Earl of Hardwicke</a>. The painting remained in the Earl's family until it was sold by the <a href="/wiki/Charles_Yorke,_5th_Earl_of_Hardwicke" title="Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke">fifth Earl</a><sup id="cite_ref-artfund_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-artfund-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was nicknamed "Champagne Charlie".<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coincidentally Charles Yorke (the 5th Earl) was known for his spendthrift ways and <a href="/wiki/Disraeli" class="mw-redirect" title="Disraeli">Disraeli</a> appointed him, at the request of the Prince of Wales, to the title of <a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Buckhounds" title="Master of the Buckhounds">Master of the Buckhounds</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he was his majesty's representative at Ascot. The painting was eventually bought by <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Nicolson" title="Benedict Nicolson">Benedict Nicolson</a> (Wright's biographer)<sup id="cite_ref-artfund_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-artfund-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who sold it via the Artfund into the collection of <a href="/wiki/Derby_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Derby Museum and Art Gallery">Derby Museum and Art Gallery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-derby_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-derby-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Earthstopper&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-nicolson-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nicolson_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNicolson1968" class="citation book cs1">Nicolson, Benedict (1968). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ms09AAAAIAAJ&q=needwood"><i>Joseph Wright of Derby:Painter of Light p.97</i></a>. 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Discovering Phosphorus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Virgil%27s_Tomb_(Joseph_Wright_paintings)" title="Virgil's Tomb (Joseph Wright paintings)">Virgil's Tomb</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blacksmith%27s_Shop" title="The Blacksmith's Shop">The Blacksmith's Shop</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Earthstopper</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Philosopher_by_Lamplight" title="A Philosopher by Lamplight">A Philosopher by Lamplight</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ward_(taster)" title="Samuel Ward (taster)">Samuel Ward</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Captive_(painting)" title="The Captive (painting)">The Captive</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Captive_King" title="The Captive King">The Captive King</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dovedale_by_Moonlight" title="Dovedale by Moonlight">Dovedale</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Borrow_and_Ann_Borrow" title="Thomas Borrow and Ann Borrow"><i>Thomas Borrow</i> and <i>Ann 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