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Sketchbook: "Ruined Castle"
Samuel Prout1814
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
John Ruskin (also in this gallery) admired Prout’s strength as a draftsman. Like the topographical watercolorists of the 18th century, Prout emphasized form over color in his watercolors, as is evident in the monochromatic, delicate English views in this sketchbook.
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- Title: Sketchbook: "Ruined Castle"
- Creator: Samuel Prout (British, 1783-1852)
- Date Created: 1814
- Physical Dimensions: Each page: 13.5 x 23.4 cm (5 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
- Type: Bound Volume
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.648.h
- Medium: graphite with gray and brown wash
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Bier, London
- Collection: DR - British
- Accession Number: 1954.648.h
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