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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_with_the_Figure_of_Silius_Italicus._1779.jpg/270px-Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_with_the_Figure_of_Silius_Italicus._1779.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_with_the_Figure_of_Silius_Italicus._1779.jpg/405px-Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_with_the_Figure_of_Silius_Italicus._1779.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_with_the_Figure_of_Silius_Italicus._1779.jpg/540px-Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_with_the_Figure_of_Silius_Italicus._1779.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="597" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Artist</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby" title="Joseph Wright of Derby">Joseph Wright of Derby</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Year</th><td class="infobox-data">1779 (others 1782 and 1785)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Medium</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Oil_painting" title="Oil painting">Oil on canvas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Dimensions</th><td class="infobox-data">101.6 cm × 127 cm (40.0 in × 50 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">private collection</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Virgil's Tomb</b></i> is the title of at least three paintings completed by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby" title="Joseph Wright of Derby">Joseph Wright of Derby</a> between 1779 and 1785. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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=Virgil%27s_Tomb_(Joseph_Wright_paintings)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The subject of these paintings is a fruit of Wright's <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> tour undertaken in 1773–1775. These three depict the ruined structure near <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a> that was traditionally identified as the <a href="/wiki/Virgil%27s_tomb" title="Virgil's tomb">tomb</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Latin_literature" title="Latin literature">Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/Epic_poet" class="mw-redirect" title="Epic poet">epic poet</a> <a href="/wiki/Virgil" title="Virgil">Virgil</a>. The earliest of the three, dated to 1779, includes the figure of <a href="/wiki/Silius_Italicus" title="Silius Italicus">Silius Italicus</a>, a slightly later poet known to have been an admirer of Virgil. Silius Italicus owned the tomb and its surroundings and organized pilgrimages for other admirers of the poet.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Virgils_Tomb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Virgils_Tomb.jpg/220px-Virgils_Tomb.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Virgils_Tomb.jpg/330px-Virgils_Tomb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Virgils_Tomb.jpg/440px-Virgils_Tomb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="439" /></a><figcaption><i>Virgil's Tomb</i>: the 1782 version in <a href="/wiki/Derby_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Derby Museum and Art Gallery">Derby Museum and Art Gallery</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb,_Sun_Breaking_through_a_Cloud.1785.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_Sun_Breaking_through_a_Cloud.1785.jpg/220px-Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_Sun_Breaking_through_a_Cloud.1785.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_Sun_Breaking_through_a_Cloud.1785.jpg/330px-Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_Sun_Breaking_through_a_Cloud.1785.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_Sun_Breaking_through_a_Cloud.1785.jpg/440px-Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil%27s_Tomb%2C_Sun_Breaking_through_a_Cloud.1785.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="539" /></a><figcaption><i>Virgil's Tomb: sun breaking through a cloud</i>: the 1785 version in the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Museum" title="Ulster Museum">Ulster Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In total, Wright used the subject in seven paintings.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He sent one of the paintings to poet <a href="/wiki/William_Hayley" title="William Hayley">William Hayley</a> who returned the favour by writing <i>Ode to Mr Wright of Derby</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike Wright's paintings of candlelit scenes, the views of Virgil's tomb are "flooded with oppressive lunar light".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They reflect from a stage of Wright's artistic development when "he held a delicate balance between what actually was there, and what he liked to construct out of what was there" .<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provenance">Provenance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgil%27s_Tomb_(Joseph_Wright_paintings)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Provenance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the paintings was given to William Hayley who gave it to the artist <a href="/wiki/Amelia_Opie" title="Amelia Opie">Amelia Opie</a>. When she died it went to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Brightwall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Brightwall (page does not exist)">Thomas Brightwall</a>. Another of the paintings was reputedly in the possession of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gisborne" title="Thomas Gisborne">Rev. Thomas Gisborne</a> whom Wright visited in his estate near <a href="/wiki/Needwood_Forest" title="Needwood Forest">Needwood Forest</a>. This painting was owned by the Barton Blount estates in 1968 and by 1981 it was sold by Miss Ward to Derby Museum and Art Gallery for £12,000.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The picture with Silius Italicus in Derby Museum is, according to <a href="/wiki/Benedict_Nicolson" title="Benedict Nicolson">Benedict Nicolson</a>, not necessarily by Wright.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgil%27s_Tomb_(Joseph_Wright_paintings)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Benedict Nicolson, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ms09AAAAIAAJ">Joseph Wright of Derby: painter of light</a></i> (1968) vol. 1 pp. 83–85 and <i>passim</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgil%27s_Tomb_(Joseph_Wright_paintings)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ancientsites.com/aw/Article/897246">Silius Italicus, Poet of the Second Punic War</a> Hellenic World</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span 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the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Exhibition</i> Revolutionary Players</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Attempts+toward+fame+and+fortune%3A+Joseph+Wright+of+Derby+and...-a0240017216">Attempts toward fame and fortune: Joseph Wright of Derby and late-renaissance Humanism.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025021735/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Attempts+toward+fame+and+fortune%3a+Joseph+Wright+of+Derby+and...-a0240017216">Archived</a> 25 October 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Free Library</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(Nicolson, p. 83)</span> </li> <li 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Grenfell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rushe" title="David Rushe">David Rushe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Spence_(VC)" title="David Spence (VC)">David Spence</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Johnson_Saving_a_Wounded_French_Officer_from_the_Tomahawk_of_a_North_American_Indian" title="General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian">Gen. 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Discovering Phosphorus</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/The_Earthstopper" title="The Earthstopper">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 Borrow</i></a></li> <li><i><a 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Duesbury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient Britain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Creswellian_culture" title="Creswellian culture">Creswellian culture </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derventio_(Little_Chester)" class="mw-redirect" title="Derventio (Little Chester)">Derventio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strutt%27s_Park_Roman_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Strutt's Park Roman fort">Strutt's Park Roman fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_Racecourse_Roman_settlement" title="Derby Racecourse Roman settlement">Derby Racecourse Roman settlement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanson_Log_Boat" title="Hanson Log Boat">Hanson Log Boat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Heathen_Army" title="Great Heathen Army">Great Heathen Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heath_Wood_barrow_cemetery" title="Heath Wood barrow cemetery">Heath 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title="Whitehurst & Son sundial (1812)">Whitehurst & Son sundial</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Handyside_and_Company" title="Andrew Handyside and Company">Andrew Handyside & Co.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Research_Division" title="British Rail Research Division">British Rail Research Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_Philosophical_Society" title="Derby Philosophical Society">Derby Philosophical Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derby_Exhibition_(1839)" title="Derby Exhibition 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