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An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
is an
oil painting
on canvas completed by
Joseph Wright of Derby
in 1768. It shows a
natural philosopher
recreating one of
Robert Boyle
's
air pump
experiments, in which a bird is deprived of air, before a varied group of onlookers. They exhibit a variety of reactions, but for most of them scientific curiosity overcomes concern for the bird. The painting has been owned by the
National Gallery, London
, since 1863 and is regarded as a masterpiece of British art.
Painting:
Joseph Wright of Derby
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