# Sketchbook: "Ruined Castle"

- By: Samuel Prout (British, 1783–1852)
- Date: 1814
- Medium: graphite with gray and brown wash
- Classification: Bound Volume
- Dimensions: Each page: 13.5 x 23.4 cm (5 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Bier, London
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.648.h)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.648.h/1954.648.h_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.