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A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (1766). Oil on canvas, 147.3 × 203.2 cm (58 × 80 in). Derby Museum and Art Gallery, England
Een filosoof geeft les over een planetenmachine, pendant, ca. 1766
A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery, a 1766 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby
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''A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery'' (sometimes called simply ''The Orrery'') is a painting (oil on canvas, ca. 1766) by Joseph Wright of Derby depicting a public lecture about a model solar system, with a lamp—in plac
