Photo credit: Richard Tailby Photography

Photo credit: Richard Tailby Photography

Photo credit: Richard Tailby Photography

Exhibitions:

Title: Wright of Derby: From the Shadows
Venue: National Gallery, London
Dates: from 07/11/2025 to 01/11/2026

Publications

Title: Wright of Derby
Author: Judy Egerton
Published Place: London
Copyright: The Tate Gallery
Published Year: 1990
Title: Catalogue of the Engraved Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., "Wright of Derby"

Related People

Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.
Valentine Green (engraver)
Display Date: British, 1739 - 1813
Nationality: British

A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump

Date: 1769

Medium: Mezzotint-engraving and etching.

Object Type:	Print
Dimensions:	Support: 461 × 583 mm (18 1/8 × 22 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions:	Recto, below image, from left to right: 'Jos. Wright Pinxit 1768 / J. Boydell Exc / Val. Green Fecit.et'.
Provenance:	...; collection of William Bemrose; by descent to his son, the Hon. Brigadier General William Wright Bemrose; by whom donated to Derby Museums in 1912.
Viewing Status:	Contact Us
Item Ref:	1912-475/2