Accession No

1601

Brief Description

mezzotint of a philosopher showing an experiment on the air pump, by Valentine Green, from an original painting by Joseph Wright, English, 1769

Origin

England

Maker

Green, Valentine

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1769

Latest Date

1769

Inscription Date

1769

Material

paper; wood; glass

Dimensions

breadth 680mm; height 566mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from F.B. Daniell and Son, 32 Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, London W.C., England, in 18/10/1971. Purchased with assistance of a 50% grant from the National Art Collections Fund.

Inscription

‘Joseph Wright pinxit. J. Boydell excudit 1769. Valentine Green del & fecit.
A Philosopher shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump.
From the Original Picture, Painted by Mr. Joseph Wright.
published June 24th. 1769.’ (bottom of print)

Description Notes

Print of Joseph Wright’s painting of the Philosopher with Air Pump. The picture shows a group, standing and seated, around a table littered with pneumatic apparatus, including an air pump connected to a glass reciever set on a pillar. In the reciever is a bird. The scene is lit by a single candle on the table.

Mounted and framed.

Condition good; complete

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