Sketchbook: "Landscape with Sailboats" (1814): Art, History and Details

Sketchbook: "Landscape with Sailboats" (1814) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Samuel Prout (British, 1783–1852).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the 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.

Object facts

• Title: Sketchbook: "Landscape with Sailboats"
• Date: 1814
• Creator attribution: Samuel Prout (British, 1783–1852)
• Culture: England, 19th century
• Type: Bound Volume
• Technique: graphite on two pages
• Dimensions: Each page: 13.5 x 23.4 cm (5 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
• Collection: DR - British
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 1954.648.i

Collection credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Bier, London

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