Joseph Wright of Derby

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An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, by Joseph Wright, 1768, National Gallery, London

An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, by Joseph Wright, 1768, National Gallery, London

Cave at evening, by Joseph Wright, 1774, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts

Cave at evening, by Joseph Wright, 1774, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts

The orrery memorial

The orrery memorial

The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher's Stone, by Joseph Wright, 1771

The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher's Stone, by Joseph Wright, 1771

D'Ewes Coke his wife, Hannah, and his cousin Daniel Coke, by Wright, c. 1782

D'Ewes Coke his wife, Hannah, and his cousin Daniel Coke, by Wright, c. 1782

Self-portrait ca. 1780, oil on canvas, in the Yale Center for British Art

Self-portrait ca. 1780, oil on canvas, in the Yale Center for British Art

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    What famous artwork did Joseph Wright of Derby create?
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    Notable artwork by Joseph Wright of Derby includes:
    - The Gulf of Salerno
    - A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery
    - An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
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