Landscape with Cattle Watering in a Mill Stream

Location

Country: UK
City: England
Place: Wiston House, Foreign Office, Wilton Park

Philip James de Loutherbourg, was born in Germany, the son of a miniaturist and engraver. The family moved to Paris in 1755 where he studied with Carle Van Loo and Jean-Georges Wille, before entering the studio of François Joseph Casanova. He left Paris in 1768 to travel through France, Switzerland and the Rhineland. In 1771 he arrived in London, where David Garrick gave him control of the scenery at Drury Lane Theatre. He remained at the theatre when Sheridan took over. In 1781, he became a member of the Royal Academy. He travelled throughout the UK on sketching tours and began painting naval victories in the 1790s. In 1807 he was made Historical Painter to the Duke of Gloucester. He died in Hammersmith, aged 71.

Places

Subjects

horseback, landscape C18th, flower, tree, cow, horse, donkey, stream, hill, man, woman, basket, path, house, mill

Materials & Techniques

panel, oil, oil painting

Artist

Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)

Title

Landscape with Cattle Watering in a Mill Stream

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 40.50 cm, width: 56.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Colnaghi's, February 1954

Provenance

Mrs Agnes Burn, Riding Mill, Northumberland; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works, February 1954

GAC number

2624