# Interior of a Cathedral

- By: Samuel Prout (British, 1783–1852)
- Date: c. 1820s
- Medium: gray and brown wash with point of brush and pen and brown ink with watercolor heightened with gouache
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Sheet: 43.3 x 30 cm (17 1/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit line: Bequest of James Parmelee
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.560)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.560/1940.560_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Samuel Prout’s watercolors of picturesque views and architectural marvels of Italy, France, Germany, and Switzerland attracted a wide audience, helped inspire travel, and shaped the English perception of Continental Europe. The influential critic John Ruskin became a close friend, neighbor, and great supporter of the artist, declaring in the Art Journal in 1849 that no other artist expressed architectural detail in more "splendid accumulation" or "patient love" than Prout.