Sketchbook: Tree Study

Samuel Prout (British, 1783–1852)

1814

Medium
graphite
Classification
Bound Volume
Dimensions
Each page: 13.5 x 23.4 cm (5 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Culture
England, 19th century
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Drawings
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Bier, London
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

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.