The River Wye at Tintern Abbey
Painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg
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The River Wye at Tintern Abbey is an 1805 landscape painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg.[1][2] It depicts a view on the River Wye by Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire. The area was a noted one during the romantic era and features in the 1798 poem Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth.[3]
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Year1805
Dimensions108 cm × 161.9 cm (43 in × 63.7 in)
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| Artist | Philip James de Loutherbourg |
| Year | 1805 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, landscape painting |
| Dimensions | 108 cm × 161.9 cm (43 in × 63.7 in) |
| Location | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
The work was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1806 at Somerset House in London along with The Evening Coach.[4] The painting is in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, having been acquired in 1958.[5]
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