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Ramsgate with a view of the new lighthouse

Maker

(artist)
1740-1812

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1795

Medium

traces of graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash and watercolour on wove paper, with remnants of brown ink framing lines

Dimensions

Height: 29.1 cm
Width: 48.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1967.WS.61

Mode of Acquisition

William Wycliffe Spooner, bequest, 1967

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Philippe de Loutherbourg, elected a Royal Academician in 1781, was employed as a stage designer at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He made many studies of marine life, including shores, ships and sailors. This view of Ramsgate harbour, with its stage-like foreground and backdrop of choppy waters and billowing sails, captures vividly his natural sense of theatre. The lively treatment of figures is echoed in the work of Thomas Rowlandson.

Provenance

Mrs Hoare (?); purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 11 June 1958; purchased there by Mrs William Wycliffe Spooner, Ilkley (1882-1967), 24 September 1958 (£60); Spooner Bequest 1967

Exhibition History

British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum and Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005

British Watercolours from the Spooner Collection, Huntington Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 12/02/2005-15/05/2005; Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere, 18/07/2005-23/10/2005; Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House, London, 16/11/2005-12/02/2006

Literature

The Spooner Collection of British Watercolours, Courtauld Institute Galleries; Huntington Library; Wordsworth Trust, 2005-06
cat. no. 14
ill. on p. 101

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre edge, pen and brown ink, signed by the artist: "PI. de Loutherbourg R.A." and in lower right corner, unclear: "SGZ" [or "892"?]..

Collector's mark: none.

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