File:Wright of Derby, The Orrery.jpg

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Joseph Wright of Derby: A Journalist Lecturing on the Orrery  wikidata:Q1651874 reasonator:Q1651874
Artist
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 Edit this at Wikidata Derby Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Derby, London
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q214062
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Untitled, known as A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on the Orrery, in which a Lamp is put in place of the Sun or The Orrery
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
A public lecture about a model solar system, with a lamp—in place of the sun—illuminating the faces of the audience. .
Date circa 1766
date QS:P571,+1766-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 147.2 cm (57.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 203.2 cm (80 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+147.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+203.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q8012
Current location
institution QS:P195,Q8012
Exhibition history
References
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A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (1766). Oil on canvas, 147.3 × 203.2 cm (58 × 80 in). Derby Museum and Art Gallery, England
Een filosoof geeft les over een planetenmachine, pendant, ca. 1766
A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery, a 1766 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby

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