AN EXPERIMENT ON A BIRD IN THE AIR-PUMP, painting by Joseph Wright of Derby (1768)

In 1734 Joseph Wright of Derby , in the English Midlands shows a similar admixture of Enlightenment aspirations, industrial innovation, and Romantic sensibility in his depiction of an experiment on a bird in the air-pump.

Name	AN EXPERIMENT ON A BIRD IN THE AIR-PUMP
Type	Painting, Oil on canvas
Author	Joseph Wright of Derby
Year	1768
Location	National Gallery, London, England