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Philip James de Loutherbourg

27 works

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Battle scene with redcoat soldiers, cavalry and officers under billowing smoke, with fallen men in the foreground.

The Battle of Alexandria, 21 March 1801

1802

Night painting of a city fire on a river, with crowds fleeing in boats beneath a stone arch and a moon above.

The Great Fire of London

1797

Painting of a horse-drawn coach fleeing a thunderstorm under a lightning bolt, with bending trees and figures on a road.

Coach in a Thunderstorm

1795

Landscape painting of a rider crossing a stone bridge over a weir, with a statue, cliff, tree and distant mountains at dusk.

Landschaft mit Brücke

Pastoral landscape with resting cattle, sheep and a shepherd couple, a castle on a hill and distant mountains under a cloudy

Landscape with Resting Cattle

1767

Painting of a castle on a cliff above a waterfall, with peasants and pack animals on a dirt path in the foreground.

Landscape with Waterfall, Castle and Peasants

1767

Painting of a storm at sea with a wrecked ship, a rescue boat in breaking waves, and a lighthouse on a rocky cliff.

The Shipwreck

1793

Painting of cattle, sheep, goats and a donkey resting near a shepherd under a stormy sky with rocky hills.

Landscape with animals

1767

Pastoral landscape painting with a waterfall, grazing cattle, two seated figures, and a distant hazy plain under a warm sky.

Loutherbourg-Paysage à la cascade

1740

Painting of a roaring waterfall between rocky outcrops, with a castle on a hill, a rowboat and a tower house in the foregroun

The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen

1788

Painting of shepherds resting under a rock cliff with cattle and sheep, distant mountains and cumulus clouds under blue sky.

A lively landscape of shepherds

1780

Fishermen haul nets on a rocky shore as waves break near a small boat, with a ruined tower on the cliff at right.

The Wreckers (Fishermen pulling in their nets in rough sea)

1767

Etching of a shepherd boy playing a flute beside resting cattle, sheep, a goat and a dog under a tree.

Tranquil Peasant

n.d.

Sepia print of a seated man in a turban and sash resting on a rock, with a dagger at his waist and a hilly landscape behind.

Domestic Maronite

n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a heaped pile of armor, banners, a trumpet, chains and books under a cloudy sky.

The House of York

1796

Red chalk drawing of a cow, horse and cat in a stable, with a man bending over a pile of hay at left.

Animals in a Stable

1755

Grey wash drawing of a windswept bard playing a harp on a rocky cliff, with spear-carrying warriors in the distance below.

The bard

1780

Brown wash drawing of figures fighting in a churchyard with tombstones, a wind-bent tree, and a Gothic church behind them.

Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard

1775

Grey wash drawing of a crowded sailing ship with boats of sailors alongside in rough sea, swimmers in the foreground.

The Cutting Out of a French Brig, possibly 'La Chevrette'

1802

From Warwick Lane, from "Caricatures of the English"

May 1, 1790

Brown wash drawing of two figures struggling against wind in a churchyard with gravestones, skull and Gothic church behind.

Tom Jones Assisting Molly Seagrim in the Churchyard

1775

Etching of a girl offering a drink to a small boy in a barn beside cows, sheep and a dog, with a pail hanging overhead.

Le Bonne Petite Soeur

1765-71

From Eaton

December 8, 1776

Etching of an exaggerated fashionable woman in a ruffled bonnet and gown, with a hatched landscape behind her.

From Soho

December 26, 1776

Sepia satirical print of crowded gallery visitors with caricatured faces viewing framed paintings on the walls.

An Exhibition

January 29, 1776

Etching of men in wigs and tricorn hats gathered around a tavern table where a game is played, dated 1763.

Playing Tric Trac

1763

Brown wash drawing of a family with cattle resting by trees in an open landscape under clouds.

Familie met vee maakt halt bij een bron

1750

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