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Prints and Drawings
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
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Hay, William, active 1776–1797
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Kay, William, active 1795
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13
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
12
Paintings
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Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
Prout's Microcosm: The Sketchbook of Groups of Figurines, Shipping, and other Picturesque Objects
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Period
19th century
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18th century
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graphite
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watercolor
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wove paper
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canvas
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ink
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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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pen
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watercolor
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figure study
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animal art
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still life
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peasants
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hats
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men
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trousers
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women
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labor
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peasant
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workers
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working
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barrels
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bonnets
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dresses
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laborers
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top hats
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apron
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Europe
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Saint Kitts
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Schaffhausen
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Tübingen
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Ulm
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Exhibition History
Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Tate Britain, 2003-02-06 - 2003-05-11)
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In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)
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James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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James Ward, 1769–1859
Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor, Study for “The Liboya Serpent Seizing His Prey”
ca. 1803
On view
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William Hay, active 1776–1797
Seamstresses, St. Kitts, Caribbean
1798
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Mechanical Grinder with Figures
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
A Seated Peasant Woman Seen From Behind
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Group of Four Seated Men
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
A Seated Peasant Woman
before 1841
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
A Seated Peasant Boy Seen From Behind
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Study of Figures at Ulm
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Study of Figures at Schaffhausen
before 1841
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
A Laborer Seen From Behind Operating a Machine
before 1841
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Two Boys
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Sketches of Peasants and Work-Horses
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Studies of Peasants, Diligences, and Hay Wagons
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