Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771)
Title:
The Front at Brighton
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 5/8 inches (13.3 × 19.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right.: "Brighton"; inscribed in brown ink over graphite on verso, upper right: all leeboards are at the | head colord & sometimes | painted the whole"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.822
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
coast | shoreline | man | cityscape | gazing
Associated Places:
East Sussex | Brighton | England | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11538