A MOMENT IN HISTORY
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump is completed
1768 CE · Europe · Culture
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump is a 1768 oil-on-canvas painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, one of a number of candlelit scenes that Wright painted during the 1760s. The painting departed from convention of the time by depicting a scientific subject in the reverential manner formerly reserved for scenes of historical or religious significance.
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