A Cottage in Patterdale, Westmoreland is a 1783 landscape painting by the French artist Philip James de Loutherbourg.[1][2] It depicts a cottage at Patterdale in the Lake District.[3] Known as a pioneer of Romanticism, Loutherbourg moved and settled in Britain where he was elected a member of the Royal Academy.
| A Cottage in Patterdale, Westmoreland | |
|---|---|
_-_A_Cottage_in_Patterdale,_Westmoreland_-_2525_-_Government_Art_Collection.jpg) | |
| Artist | Philip James de Loutherbourg |
| Year | 1783 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 39.5 cm × 57.5 cm (15.6 in × 22.6 in) |
| Location | Government Art Collection |
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1784 at Somerset House in London along with a companion piece Skiddaw in Cumberland. Today it is part of the Government Art Collection, having been acquired in 1954.[4]
References
edit- ↑ Andrews p.289
- ↑ Roe p.183
- ↑ Powell & Hebron p.63
- ↑ https://artcollection.dcms.gov.uk/artwork/2525/
Bibliography
edit- Andrews, Malcolm. A Sweet View: The Making of an English Idyll. Reaktion Books, 2021.
- Preston, Lillian Elvira. Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg: Eighteenth Century Romantic Artist and Scene Designer. University of Florida, 1977.
- Powell, Cecilia & Hebron, Stephen. Savage Grandeur and Noblest Thoughts: Discovering the Lake District 1750-1820. Wordsworth Trust, 2010.
- Roe, Sonia. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the Government Art Collection. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2007.
 | This article about a 1780s painting is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |