A philosopher giving a lecture on the orrery. Mezzotint by W. Pether, 1768, after Joseph Wright of Derby.

[London] : J. Boydell excudit, May 20th 1768.

1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 48.7 x 59.2 cm

A philosopher giving a lecture on the orrery. From the original picture painted by Mr Joseph Wright; In the collection of the Right Honourable the Earl of Ferrers. Joseph Wright pinxit. Wm. Pether delin.t et fecit

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 and work of the mezzotint engraver William Pether (1739-1821)', Print quarterly, 2021, 38: 289-301, p. 301, no. 27

Wellcome Collection 485285i