Oil paint on canvas
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A Distant HailStorm Coming On and March Soldiers with their Baggage
Presented by the Art Fund 1942
actions: expressive
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
army
cart
child
children
cloud
cow
groups
hill
landscape
leaving
man
military
people
road
society
soldier
storm
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
tree
weather
woman
work and occupations
<p>As the war against France continued during the 1790s, Philip James de Loutherbourg increasingly turned his attention to military and naval subjects. Rather than depicting a grand battle, here he emphasises the domestic impact of war. British soldiers march through the countryside, leaving tearful families behind. The dark clouds and stormy weather only increase the sombre, foreboding mood. When this painting was exhibited in 1799, one reviewer commented on its appeal to the viewer’s emotions, praising the ‘variety of beauties which cannot be easily described, but are felt by the connoisseur on the first view.’</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2024</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
24 October 2001 – 11 July 2005
2005-07-11
24 October 2001
2001-10-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-10-24
Making British History
Collection based display
22 October 2009 – 30 January 2010
2010-01-30
22 October 2009 – 30 January 2010
2010-01-30
2009-10-22
Millennium Gallery (Sheffield, UK)
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
2009-10-22
Can Art Save Us?
Loan-out
2 December 2010 – 14 October 2012
2012-10-14
2 December 2010 – 14 October 2012
2012-10-14
2010-12-02
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-12-02
Gallery 9
Collection based display
26 September 2022
26 September 2022
2022-09-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-09-26
Gallery 15
Collection based display
A Distant Hail-Storm Coming On, and the March of Soldiers with their Baggage
support: 1092 × 1626 mm
frame: 1305 × 1845 × 125 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1942
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<p>As the war against France continued during the 1790s, Philip James de Loutherbourg increasingly turned his attention to military and naval subjects. Rather than depicting a grand battle, here he emphasises the domestic impact of war. British soldiers march through the countryside, leaving tearful families behind. The dark clouds and stormy weather only increase the sombre, foreboding mood. When this painting was exhibited in 1799, one reviewer commented on its appeal to the viewer’s emotions, praising the ‘variety of beauties which cannot be easily described, but are felt by the connoisseur on the first view.’ </p>
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actions: expressive adults animals: mammals architecture army cart child children cloud cow groups hill landscape leaving man military people road society soldier storm townscapes / man-made features transport: land tree weather woman work and occupations