Samuel Prout, 1783-1852
By: Richard Lockett.
Contributors: Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852.; Victoria and Albert Museum.
Publisher: Batsford in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum
Published: 1985
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852 -- Catalogs.; Europe in art -- Catalogs.
Description: Samuel Prout was one of the first artists to specialize in continental views. In the early 1820s he popularized the scenery of the grand tour- Normandy, the Rhine, the Low Countries, Switzerland and Italy, particularly Venice- with a wider public, through the print trade and his books of engravings and lithographs. George IV appointed him 'Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary' in 1829, and Prout continued to enjoy royal patronage. His especial skill in depicting architectural subjects won him the admiration of Ruskin, who was to become a personal friend. Yet since the end of the nineteenth century Prout's work has received relatively little attention from art historians."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.