© Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Belle Isle, Windermere, in a Storm & Belle Isle, Windermere, in a Calm
Artist: Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)
Location: Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Date: 1785 - 1786
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 147 x 213 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £15,000 (Total: £63,750; tax remission)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 3347 (1988)
Provenance:
Commissioned by John Christian Curwen for Workington Hall, Cumbria ; Mrs Susan Curwen.
Description:
The artist visited the Lake District in 1783 and the mixture of beauty, horror and immensity in the area greatly appealed to him. Belle Isle was bought by John Christian Curwen as a wedding present for his wife, and he named the island in honour of her. 'Belle Isle, Windermere in a Storm' is illustrated here.
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