A lecture

Joseph Wright of Derby and the Men and Art of the Lunar Society

Joseph Wright's art is set beside the experiments and debates of the Lunar Society.

Painting of a group watching an experiment with a bird in an air pump.

About the lecture

The Industrial Revolution, Enlightenment and abolition provide the wider setting for Wright's paintings.

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