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Philip James de Loutherbourg

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Loutherbourg then travelled through Switzerland, Germany and Italy, distinguishing himself as much by his mechanical inventions as by his painting. One of these, showing new effects produced in a model theatre, was the wonder of the day, with its use of lights behind canvas representing the moon and
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with "Satan arraying his troops on the banks of the Fiery Lake, and the rising of the Palace of Pandemonium". The Eidophusikon soon closed, however, as the income did not cover the costs and the audience demanded new productions faster than Loutherbourg could create them. He has been called the
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was published in 1789. Written by a follower named Mary Pratt, it claimed that the Loutherbourgs had cured two thousand people between Christmas 1788 and the following July, "having been made proper recipients to receive divine
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but, although it first appeared about the same time as the Eidophusikon, the first panorama was painted and exhibited by the Scottish painter
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stars, and the illusory appearance of running water produced by clear blue sheets of metal and gauze, with loose threads of silver.
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coordinators, Andrew Ellis, director ; Sonia Roe, editor ; Julia Abel Smith & Richard Garner, catalogue (2007).
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In 1789 Loutherbourg temporarily gave up painting, in order to pursue an interest in alchemy and the supernatural. He met
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for London theatres, and his invention of a mechanical theatre called the "Eidophusikon". He also had an interest in
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Dobson, Austin. At Prior Park and Other Papers. London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1923. Print.
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Rejecting a religious calling, Loutherbourg decided to become a painter, and in 1755 placed himself under
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A List of a Few Cures performed by Mr and Mrs De Loutherbourg, of Hammersmith Terrace, without Medicine
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paid him £500 a year to design scenery and costumes and oversee the stage machinery at the
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At Christmas, 1781, Loutherbourg mounted a spectacle at a party in the Egyptian Hall at
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There are paintings by him in the collections of many British institutions including
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Loutherbourg was buried in Chiswick Old Cemetery, adjoining the graveyard of
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in 1801 and 1805. He also contributed illustrations to a Bible published by
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Despite these other projects, Loutherbourg still found time for painting.
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Two sets of drawings by de Loutherbourg were published, reproduced in
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He achieved an even greater success with an entertainment called the
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Oil paintings in public ownership in the Government Art Collection
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and the occult, and was a companion of the confidence-trickster
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Adventures in Cybersound: Philippe Jacques de Loutherberg
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to light the stage and stained glass to change colours.
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72 artworks by or after Philip James de Loutherbourg
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The Cutting-Out of the French Corvette La Chevrette
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Index

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg

self-portrait
Strasbourg
Alsace
France
Chiswick
Middlesex
Britain
Charles-André van Loo
Francesco Giuseppe Casanova
Painting
Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June
Coalbrookdale by Night
History painting
Military art
RA
French
German
naval works
set designs
faith-healing
Alessandro Cagliostro

Battle of Camperdown

Wilanów Palace
Warsaw

Battle of Maida

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