Scene at Jumièges

Samuel Prout

1820/1830

Scene at Jumièges by Samuel Prout

Medium

pen and black ink with gray washes, watercolor, and touches of white heightening on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 18 x 26.6 cm (7 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Accession Number

1995.52.141

About the Artist

Samuel Prout · 17831852

Samuel Prout was born in Plymouth in 1783, the son of a naval outfitter, and grew up in a port city whose seafront and trading life attuned him to architecture, boats, and the textures of a working world. He moved to London in 1803 and initially struggled to establish himself, producing marine subjects for print publishers and taking on pupils while refining the instructional drawing books for whi...

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