Talk:Dovedale by Moonlight

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Did you know... that Joseph Wright of Derby had only seen the scene once at night before he painted Dovedale by Moonlight (pictured)?

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Dovedale by Moonlight is an oil painting on canvas completed by Joseph Wright of Derby in 1785. One of five paintings by the artist that uses the picturesque valley of Dovedale as its subject, it was not painted directly but using a mixture of studies and chance. The painting is held by the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, Ohio.Painting: Joseph Wright of Derby

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