Teaching English and Drama: from art to words
Detail from An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, Joseph Wright 'of Derby', 1768
Fossedene and Bannockburn Primary Schools in Greenwich, London took inspiration from An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump by Joseph Wright 'of Derby'.
See a slideshow of the pupils' art work and listen to them reading letters they wrote – all inspired by the painting.
View an accessible version of this slideshow
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Detail from Joseph Wright 'of Derby', 'An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump'
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See also
Suggestions for teachers
The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN