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Visitor to a Moonlit Churchyard
ArtistPhilip James de Loutherbourg
Year1790
TypeOil on canvas
Dimensions86.4 cm × 68.6 cm (34.0 in × 27.0 in)
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Visitor to a Moonlit Churchyard is a 1790 oil painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg. It combines elements of Gothic and the emerging romantic art trend. It is also known as A Philosopher in a Moonlight Churchyard.

Inspired by the work Night-Thoughts by the English poet Edward Young, it depicts a young man in the ruins of Tintern Abbey in the middle of the night. Today the painting is in the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut as part of the Paul Mellon Collection.

References

  1. Spira p.334
  2. Myrone, Frayling & Warner p.108
  3. https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:165

Bibliography

  • Edney, Sue (ed.) EcoGothic gardens in the long nineteenth century: Phantoms, fantasy and uncanny flowers. Manchester University Press, 2020.
  • Myrone, Martin, Frayling, Christopher & Warner, Marina. Gothic Nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination. Harry N. Abrams, 2006.
  • Preston, Lillian Elvira. Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg: Eighteenth Century Romantic Artist and Scene Designer. University of Florida, 1977.
  • Spira, Andrew. The Invention of the Self: Personal Identity in the Age of Art. Manchester University Press, 2020
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