Samuel Prout

Frankfurt on the Rhine

Maker

Samuel Prout (English, 1783-1852)

Title

Frankfurt on the Rhine

Year

before 1833

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

watercolor, pen and ink

Supports

Dimensions

20.6 x 15.9 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

23.340

Type

Exhibition History

From Dürer to Van Gogh
Gifts from Eliza Greene Radeke and Helen Metcalf Danforth
Jun 05, 2008 – Oct 26, 2008

Label copy

Samuel Prout capitalized on the popular taste for the aging, picturesque architecture of Europe by making several trips to the Continent to paint and thereafter produce books containing lithographic reproductions of his watercolors. He created this landscape for the 1833 volume, "Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany." As was characteristic, he drew the contours of his buildings with a reed pen, trying to capture the picturesque decay of the scene with abrupt, broken lines. His technique exhibits a careful attention to the balance between contour and application of color.

The English Eye
British Painting from the 17th to the 19th Centuries; Contemporary British Art; Old Master British Drawings and Watercolors; British Picture Books for Children; Three Centuries of British Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Costume
Jun 21, 1991 – Sep 01, 1991

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Tombstone

Samuel Prout (English, 1783-1852)
Frankfurt on the Rhine, before 1833
Pen and ink, watercolor over graphite on wove paper
20.6 x 15.9 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 23.340

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