Joseph Wright of Derby

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An Iron Forge is a 1772 genre painting by the British artist Joseph Wright of Derby. It was part of a series of five paintings featuring a blacksmith's shop that Wright produced between 1771 and 1773. Although much of Wright's work focuses on the Industrial Revolution, this painting focuses on a more traditional form of smaller blacksmith.

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An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump is a 1768 oil-on-canvas painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, one of a number of candlelit scenes that Wright painted during the 1760s. The painting departed from convention of the time by depicting a scientific subject in the reverential manner formerly reserved for scenes of historical or religious significance. Wright was intimately involved in depicting the Industrial Revolution and the scientific advances of the Enlightenment.

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This list includes racehorses that exist in the historical record. For competition horses, such as show jumpers and dressage horses, see List of historical horses § Competition horses. Indy: 1992 Santa Anita Derby, Belmont Stakes, and Breeders' Cup Classic winner, major breeding sire after racing Aboyeur: 1913 Epsom Derby winner Accelerate: 2018 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Ace Impact: Undefeated winner of the 2023 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Ack Ack: 1971 American Horse of the Year Action This Day: 2003 Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Adam's Apple: 1927 2000 Guineas Stakes winner Adayar: 2021 Epsom Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Adios Butler: Famous harness racer Admiral's Voyage: American multiple-stakes winner Admire Groove: Winner of the 2003 and 2004 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup Admire Moon: 2007 Japanese Horse of the Year, known for winning that year's Dubai Duty Free Stakes, Takarazuka Kinen and Japan Cup Admire Vega: Winner of the 1999 Japanese Derby Affectionately: 1962 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and 1965 American Champion Sprint Horse.

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Joseph Wright (3 September 1734, 29 August 1797), styled Joseph Wright of Derby, was an English painter who specialised in portrait painting and landscape art. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution". Wright is notable for his use of tenebrism, an exaggerated form of the better known chiaroscuro effect, which emphasises the contrast of light and dark, and for his paintings of candle-lit subjects.