Item details
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Acquisition
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811
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Accession number
DPG297
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Artist
Philippe J. de Loutherbourg
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Date
c. 1765/7
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Dimensions
57 x 70.5 cm
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Inscription
Signed and dated, bottom right: P J de Loutherbourg 176[7 or 5]
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Materials
Oil on canvas
De Loutherbourg trained in Paris with Francesco Casanova. He moved to London in 1771 and worked for David Garrick, the actor-manager, at Drury Lane, making something of a speciality of scene-painting with dazzling light effects. It is perhaps not a surprise that his landscapes often make full play of glowing and extreme effects of light.
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