Samuel Prout
1783-1852 England Architectural/Watercolours
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Brief Biography-Samuel Prout was born in Plymouth, c. 1783. He was famed as a watercolourist of buildings. He travelled to Cornwall in 1801, where he painted with John Britton before moving to Clerkenwell, London and worked as a topographical draftsman until 1805. His renown came when he traversed the continent and painted townscapes and buildings, particularly in Normandy. His work found favour with John Ruskin, and in 1820 he was a member of the Water-Colour Society. Then, in 1829, he became Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary to King George IV. |
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