(From the Curious to the Extraordinary, 6th May 2021) AN EXPERIMENT ON A BIRD IN AN AIR PUMP AN EXPERIMENT ON A BIRD IN AN AIR PUMP the late 19th century air pump machine with a central thermometer, with a taxidermy bird under the glass dome, with brass mounts and iron handle, on a mahogany base, similar to the scientific instrument portrayed in the Joseph Wright of Derby painting, 73cm long Provenance: Viktor Wynd’s Museum, London. The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History is a contemporary reinterpretation of a Pre-Enlightenment Wunderkabinett or Cabinet of Curiosities. It is the creation of artist and writer Viktor Wynd, who has just opened a Falmouth branch of his museum inside the National Maritime Museum. His most recent book 'The UnNatural History Museum' was published by Prestel in 2020.
(From the Curious to the Extraordinary, 6th May 2021) AN EXPERIMENT ON A BIRD IN AN AIR PUMP AN EXPERIMENT ON A BIRD IN AN AIR PUMP the late 19th century air pump machine with a central thermometer, with a taxidermy bird under the glass dome, with brass mounts and iron handle, on a mahogany base, similar to the scientific instrument portrayed in the Joseph Wright of Derby painting, 73cm long Provenance: Viktor Wynd’s Museum, London. The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History is a contemporary reinterpretation of a Pre-Enlightenment Wunderkabinett or Cabinet of Curiosities. It is the creation of artist and writer Viktor Wynd, who has just opened a Falmouth branch of his museum inside the National Maritime Museum. His most recent book 'The UnNatural History Museum' was published by Prestel in 2020.
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