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1790 · Yale Center for British Art

A Philosopher in a Moonlit Churchyard

Philip James de LoutherbourgWikidata

painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg

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Date
1790Wikidata
Medium
Oil paint on canvasWikidata
Dimensions
86.4 × 68.6 cmWikidata
Collection
Yale Center for British Art, New HavenWikidata
Genre
vanitasWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
B1974.3.4Wikidata
Exhibitions
  • Nottingham Festival Exhibition
  • Ruskin - Past: Present: Future
  • Gothic Nightmares - Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination
  • Loutherbourg: Torments and Chimeras
  • The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760−1860
  • It's Alive! Frankenstein at 200
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    Yale Center for British Art
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