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Joseph Wright of Derby: An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump  wikidata:Q1167796 reasonator:Q1167796
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Joseph Wright of Derby  (1734–1797)  wikidata:Q214062
 
Joseph Wright of Derby
Alternative names
Joseph Wright
Description English painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 3 September 1734 Edit this at Wikidata 29 August 1797 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Derby Derby
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Derby, London
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An experiment on a bird in the air pump
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An experiment on a bird in the air pump: a philosopher is demonstrating the formation of a vacuum by withdrawing air from a flask containing a white cockatoo. Mezzotint after J. Wright of Derby, ca. 1780.

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Date 1768 Edit this at Wikidata
Romanticism (second half of 18th century
date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P4241,Q40719707
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date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P4241,Q40719687
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Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 483 mm (19 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 586 mm (23 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+483U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,+586U174789
institution QS:P195,Q180788
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