A View near Matlock, Derbyshire
| A View near Matlock, Derbyshire | |
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| Artist | Philip James de Loutherbourg |
| Year | 1785 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 90.5 cm × 140 cm (35.62 in × 57 in) |
| Location | Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut |
A View near Matlock, Derbyshire is a 1785 landscape painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg.[1] It portrays a scene near Matlock in Derbyshire, close to the village of Matlock Bath in the Derwent Valley. Men are show at work beneath a wooden conveyor designed to draw water from a lead mine.[2]
Born in Strasbourg, Loutherbourg settled in Britain in 1771 and was known for producing landscapes as well as his innovates set designs for the theatre.[3] The artist painted and exhibited a number of depictions of the county including around Dovedale. [4] In 1779 he had created a theatrical production at Drury Lane The Wonders of Derbyshire featuring scenic backdrops including Matlock.[5] Today the painting is in the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut as part of the Paul Mellon Collection.[6] An engraving based on the painting was produced by Joseph Constantine Stadler, with a copy now in the British Museum.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Swindells & Taylor p.275
- ^ https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:735
- ^ Murray p.695
- ^ Preston p.81
- ^ Swindells & Taylor p.275
- ^ https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:735
- ^ https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1882-0311-1203
Bibliography
[edit]- Groves, Stephen. The Sound of the English Picturesque: Georgian Vocal Music, Haydn, and Landscape Aesthetics. Taylor & Francis, 2023
- Murray, Christopher John. Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850, Volume 2. Taylor & Francis, 2004.
- Preston, Lillian Elvira. Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg: Eighteenth Century Romantic Artist and Scene Designer. University of Florida, 1977.
- Swindells, Julia & Taylor, David Francis. The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737-1832. OUP, 2014.
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