Image: Wright of Derby, The Orrery
Description: A public lecture about a model solar system, with a lamp—in place of the sun—illuminating the faces of the audience. .
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
Credit: Jesenius.hu image
Author: Joseph Wright of Derby
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The following 13 pages link to this image:
- A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery
- Chiaroscuro
- Derby Museum and Art Gallery
- History of art
- Industrial Revolution
- James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer)
- Joseph Wright of Derby
- Midlands Enlightenment
- Neoclassicism
- Orrery
- Peter Perez Burdett
- Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers
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