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Romeo and Juliet: the Tomb Scene is a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby completed by 1790 exhibited in 1790 and 1791 shown in the Derby Exhibition of 1839 in the Mechanics’ Institute and now displayed in Derby Museum and Art Gallery. The painting exhibits Wright’s famed skill with nocturnal and candlelit scenes. It depicts the moment in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet when Juliet kneeling beside Romeo’s body hears a footstep and draws a dagger to kill herself.
