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Sketchbook: "Landscape with Sailboats"
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSketchbook: "Landscape with Sailboats", 1814. Samuel Prout (British, 1783–1852). Graphite on two pages; each page: 13.5 x 23.4 cm (5 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Bier, London, 1954.648.i
