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Engraver Valentine Green British
after Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) British
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Title: A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump
Engraver:
Valentine Green (British, Salford 1739–1813 London)
Artist:
after Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) (British, Derby 1734–1797 Derby)
Date: 1769
Medium: Mezzotint; first state of two (Chaloner Smith); second state of three (Whitman)
Dimensions:
Plate: 19 × 23 in. (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 25 5/8 in. (50.5 × 65.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number: 49.95.14
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