Sketches

Name of traveller

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740-1812)

Reason for travel

• landscape painting

Date of travel

undated, estimated ca. 1786, possibly dating to a later tour in 1800

Content

• architecture: views of ruined castles and churches, industrial buildings, mills and bridges
• art: collection of ink sketches from various locations across Wales
• terrain: some landscape panoramas and studies of rock formations and lake views
• transport: sketches of small fishing boats
• compare with another drawing volume possibly from the same journey and a later publication
• click here to see a number of the sketches from the volume

Nationality of traveller

Alsatian, French

Language of publication

English

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

drawing volume

Citation

Loutherbourg, P[hilippe-]J[acques] de. Sketches. c.1786. W6 DV 61 (4to). Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. MS.