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WRIGHT, Joseph
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A Philosopher Lecturing with a Mechanical Planetary wr
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1766
Oil on canvas, 147,3 x 203,2 cm
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby
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Oil Painting ID::. 09764
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WRIGHT, Joseph:
English painter (b. 1734, Derby, d. 1797, Derby).
Painter, known as Wright of Derby, where he was born and spent most of his life. He earned a living as a portrait painter, while he experimented with the effects of light and industrial and scientific subjects, reflecting the interests of his day. Two of his best-known works come from this period, A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (1766, Derby) and An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768, Tate). . Related Artists to WRIGHT, Joseph : | Friedrich Tischbein | Charles - Theodore Frere | Thomas Buttersworth | John Shackleton | Heinrich Fussli |
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