Samuel Prout
1783-1852
A mill at Coldrenick, Cornwall
10 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches (267 x 391 mm)
Watercolor and graphite on wove paper.
2019.120
Purchased on the Charles Ryskamp Fund.
Notes
In 1812 Prout published a set of soft-ground etchings entitled Picturesque Delineations in the Counties of Devon and Cornwall. This watercolor may relate to this publication as the etchings' scenes of aged rural buildings are reminiscent of this cottage and mill.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed: "Mill at Coldrenick/...Jan 7. 1808" (on part of the old backing); signed "Prout" lower right.
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Century Drawings
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