Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852
Title:
Hints on light and shadow, composition, etc. : as applicable to landscape painting : illustrated by examples / by Samuel Prout, F. S. A., painter in water colours in ordinary to Her Majesty.
Edition:
New edition, with additional examples.
Published / Created:
London : M.A. Nattali, 23, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, 1848.
Physical Description:
[2], iv, 16 p., [20] leaves, [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND1342 .P76 1848+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title: Prout's hints on light & shadow.

Descriptive letterpress on page opposite each plate.

Bicknell, P. Gilpin to Ruskin, p. 45

English catalogue of books, v. 1, p. 624

BAC: British Art Center copy incomplete: lacks the corresponding letterpress pages for plates XVII, XVIII, and XIX. Bound in publisher's original blind- and gilt-stamped green cloth. Armorial bookplate of Henry Drummond, Albury Park, Surrey.
Subject Terms:
Landscape painting -- Study and teaching. | Painting -- Technique. | Perspective -- Technique. | Shades and shadows. | Drawing books -- Specimens. | Drummond, Henry -- Bookplate. | M. A. Nattali -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- 1848. | Drawing books -- England -- London -- 1848. | Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)