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- Philip James de Loutherbourg
1740–1812
born: Basel, Old Swiss Confederacy (present-day Switzerland) ; died: Chiswick, England, United Kingdom
- A Shipwreck, circa 1770
- Where object was made: France
- oil on canvas
- Canvas/Support: 59 x 82.5 cm
Canvas/Support: 23 1/4 x 32 1/2 in - Gift of Donald Sloan in honor of Professor Marilyn Stokstad
- On view: Gallery 401
- 1985.0204
- Philip James de Loutherbourg
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Stormy seascape with wrecked ship and men in the water at center foreground. Large green waves and brown boulders surround the men. The ship is lower right with rocks and a cliff behind it. The horizon line is two thirds down from the top. There are large gray, blue, and white storm clouds with dramatic raking light in the background.