Fire in Rome (1774)
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Pen and wash on toned yellow paper.
Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery
Originally called Fire in Rome, this image is probably one of Wright’s drawings of the Girandola firework displays. The content of the image closely resembles Girandola from the Castel Sant’ Angelo (1774). From a distance the fireworks would resemble a fire. The vantage point is a high point, close to the place where Wright stayed on the Trinita de Monti.
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Joseph Wright of Derby and his Visit to Italy 1773 – 1775
Joseph Wright’s Journey to Italy
Study of Fragment of a Classical Frieze, Rome (1774)
Belisarius receiving Alms (1775)
Girandola with St Peter’s Rome (1774/5)
Fire in Rome (1774)
A Letter from the Artist in Rome, including Sketches of the Castel Sant’ Angelo and Saint Peter’s (1774)
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (1774)
Virgil’s Tomb (1782)
A View of Tivoli (c1783-86)
Bridge through a Cavern, Moonlight (1791)
