The Battle of Camperdown (Loutherbourg)
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| Artist | Philip James de Loutherbourg |
| Year | 1799 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 152.4 cm × 214 cm (60.0 in × 84 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
The Battle of Camperdown is a 1799 history painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg.[1] It depicts the naval Battle of Camperdown fought on 11 February 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars.[2] The battle ended in a victory for the British Royal Navy over a Dutch fleet allied to Britain's enemy France.
Loutherbourg was known both for his romantic landscapes and his scenes of battles. He produced a companion piece to the work The Battle of the Nile the following year featuring another recent British naval victory. Today both paintings are in the collection of the Tate Britain in London.[3]
See also
[edit]- The Battle of Camperdown, a painting by the Anglo-American artist John Singleton Copley from the same year
References
[edit]- ^ Mayoux p.164
- ^ Cordingly p.97
- ^ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/de-loutherbourg-the-battle-of-camperdown-t01451
Bibliography
[edit]- Cordingly, David. Marine Painting in England, 1700-1900. 1974.
- Mayoux, Jean Jacques. English Painting: From Hogarth to the Pre-Raphaelitesm Macmillan, 1985.
- Tracy, Nicholas. Britannia’s Palette: The Arts of Naval Victory. McGill-Queen's Press, 2007.
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