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paper (fiber product)58 × 44 Cm
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The consummate mezzotint engraver Valentine Green created this iconic image a year after the Enlightenment-era painter Joseph Wright of Derby completed the original painting (National Gallery, London). Green’s limpid moonlit effects and riveting velvet-black ink aptly render this nocturnal scientific demonstration as a matter of life or death: the bird in the glass sphere begins to suffocate as air is pumped out of the chamber, leaving the breathless viewers uncertain of its ultimate fate.
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| Medium | paper (fiber product) |
| Dimensions | 58 × 44 Cm |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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