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Scene in Derbyshire

painting by J. M. W. Turner

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ136645959 ↗
Source-derived summary

Scene in Derbyshire (French: Scène dans le Derbyshire) is an 1827 painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner. It depicts a view near the Heights of Abraham at Matlock Bath in Derbyshire. The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1827 at Somerset House in London. It is today in the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in Quebec City.

See also

List of paintings by J. M. W. Turner

References

Bibliography

Casaliggi, Carmen. John Ruskin, J.M.W. Turner and the Art of Water. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022.

Kelly, Franklin. J.M.W. Turner. Tate Publishing, 2007.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Scene in Derbyshire” is painting by J. M. W. Turner. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Scene, Derbyshire and painting, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1827, 2022, 2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Scene, Derbyshire and painting is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “painting by J. M. W. Turner” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q136645959. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1827, 2022 and 2007.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Scene in Derbyshire”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Scene in Derbyshire primary sources, Scene in Derbyshire archive and Scene research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Scene in Derbyshire”?
  2. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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This entry incorporates text from “Scene in Derbyshire” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.