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Creation of An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump

Creation of An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby · Public domain · source

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.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Creation of A Journalist Lecturing on the Orrery1766
  2. Creation of The Swingcirca 1760s
  3. Creation of An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (this page)1768
  4. Creation of A Young Girl Readingcirca 1770
  5. Creation of The Blue Boycirca 1770
  6. Creation of The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus1771

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