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Sotheran &amp; Co., 1883).","citation":"John Chaloner Smith,<EM> British mezzotinto portraits; being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century</EM> (London: H. Sotheran &amp; Co., 1883)., no. 162","date":1883,"id":6260,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/40485920"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[],"department":"Prints and Drawings","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199321,"term":"European Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"},{"id":2199327,"term":"Prints and Drawings","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"daterange":"A.D. 1700-1800","dateend":1772,"depicted":[],"titles":[{"title":"Miravan Breaking Open the Tomb of His Ancestors","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"hasimage":"true","creditlinerepro":"","objectnumber":"2004-115","inscribed":"Printed below plate, lower left to right: Jos. Wright pinxit. / Publish’d Decem.r 18th 1772, / by J. Boydell, Cheapside. / V. Green fait","texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"Known for his masterful depictions of natural and artificial light, the painter Joseph Wright of Derby promoted his work aggressively through reproductive images by professional printmakers such as Valentine Green. One of Wright’s rare literary subjects, this dramatic scene was inspired by John Gilbert Cooper’s moralizing tale of the treasureseeking Persian nobleman Miravan, who was cursed for desecrating the family tomb. Such was the popularity of Wright’s nocturnal paintings that Green’s mezzotint—which perfectly captures the moonlit sky and flickering oil lamp—was published immediately after <em>Miravan</em> (now in the Derby Museum and Art Gallery) was first exhibited in London.","remarks":"K2 corridor: “The Artful Disposition of Shades”: The Great Age of British Mezzotints"}],"datebegin":1772,"sortnumber":"2004  115","published_date":"2026-02-11 07:55:08.083891","objectid":7032,"dimensions":"plate: 51.9 x 35.4 cm. (20 7/16 x 13 15/16 in.)\r\nsheet: 52 x 36.8 cm. (20 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.)\r\nframe: 79.1 × 63.9 × 2.5 cm (31 1/8 × 25 3/16 × 1 in.)","on_view":false}