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Categories: Science in art, Collections of Derby Museum and Art Gallery, 1766 paintings, Paintings of children, Historical scientific instruments
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A Journalist Lecturing on the Orrery  A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery
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A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery, or the full title, A Philosopher giving that Lecture on the Orrery in which a lamp is put in place of the Sun, is a 1766 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby depicting a lecturer giving a demonstration of an orrery – a mechanical model of the solar system – to a small audience. Wikipedia
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A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery, or the full title, A Philosopher giving that Lecture on the Orrery in which a lamp is put in place of the Sun, is a 1766 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby depicting a lecturer giving a demonstration of an orrery – a mechanical model of the solar system – to a small audience. Wikipedia
1766 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby Wikidata
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painting
COLLECTION
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
COPYRIGHT STATUS
public domain
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
CREATOR
Joseph Wright of Derby
DEPICTS
oil lamp
lecture
orrery
philosopher
GENRE
conversation piece
LOCATION
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
MATERIAL USED
canvas
oil paint
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A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery
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A Journalist Lecturing on the Orrery

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