A statue comes to life in a magical gallery and walks into the painting 'A Philosopher Giving That Lecture on the Orrery where a Lamp is put in Place of the Sun' by Joseph Wright of Derby.

Benedict Nicolson, Joseph Wright of Derby, London 1968, vol. 1, no. 190, pp. 114-117, p. 235 (referred to in Wright's account book as "The orrery to Ld. Ferrers") Domenika Cora, 'New light on the life ...

Joseph Wright was born in Derby in 1734 and died there in 1797 ... Shakespeare, Milton and Sterne. But it is A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery and An Experiment on the Bird in ...

The National Gallery is set to illuminate the artistic world with a groundbreaking exhibition dedicated to Joseph Wright 'of Derby' (1734–1797). This landmark ...