Design for "From Warwick Lane"
ca. 1775
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 in. × 3 5/8 in. (15.2 × 9.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2019
Accession Number
2020.35
Tags
About the Artist
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg · 1740–1812
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, born in Strasbourg in 1740 to a Swiss miniaturist and engraver, initially pursued studies at the University of Strasbourg for the Lutheran ministry before turning decisively to art. In 1755, he moved to Paris, where he studied under the history painter Charles-André van Loo and the battle specialist Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, later training with engraver Jean-Ge...