Works by Other Artists in the Turner Bequest

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: images of mills, cottages and houses
• art: collection of ink sketches from locations in north and south Wales
• industry: many studies of iron foundries and copper-smelting works in Swansea and Fforest Copper Works in Clase
• terrain: drawings of river banks in south Wales, mountains and views across valleys in north Wales
• compare with another drawing volume possibly from the same journey and a later publication
• click here to see the drawings

Nationality of traveller

Alsatian, French

Language of publication

English

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

collection of drawings

Citation

Loutherbourg, P[hilippe-]J[acques] de. Works by Other Artists in the Turner Bequest. 1786-1800. Turner Bequest CCCLXXII. Tate, London. MS.