Where to start? The colours, the realism, the early recording of science, the emotion, the lighting... There is nothing quite as stunning as a Joseph Wright of Derby Painting. This painting is singly the most beautiful depiction of a science I have ever seen.
The first time I stood before it in the National Portrait Gallery I was taken aback by how moving it was, that was three years ago. I am desperate to see it again. The small JPEG above gives it no justice. You have to see this in the flesh and be drawn into the scene of 'An experiment on a bird in air pump'.
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