Visitor to a Moonlit Churchyard

Painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Visitor to a Moonlit Churchyard

Visitor to a Moonlit Churchyard is a 1790 oil painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg.[1] It combines elements of Gothic and the emerging romantic art trend. It is also known as A Philosopher in a Moonlit Churchyard.[2]

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Visitor to a Moonlit Churchyard
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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
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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. The ivy-covered ruins shown by Loutherbourg are a capriccio, Today the painting is in the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut as part of the Paul Mellon Collection.[3]

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