The first of his candlelit masterpieces, "Three Persons Viewing the Gladiator by Candlelight", was painted in 1765, and showed three men studying a small copy of the "Borghese Gladiator". "Viewing the Gladiator" was greatly admired; but his next painting, "A Philosopher giving that Lecture on the Orrery, in which a Lamp is put in place of the Sun" (normally known by the shortened form "A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery" or just "The Orrery"), caused a greater stir, as it replaced the Classical subject at the centre of the scene with one of a scientific nature. Wright's depiction of the awe produced by scientific "miracles" marked a break with traditions in which the artistic depiction of such wonder was reserved for religious events, since to Wright the marvels of the technological age were as awe-inspiring as the subjects of the great religious paintings.