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Creator:
Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852
Title(s):

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
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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:
Drawing books -- Specimens.
Drummond, Henry -- Bookplate.
Landscape painting -- Study and teaching.
M. A. Nattali -- Publisher.
Painting -- Technique.
Perspective -- Technique.
Shades and shadows.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- 1848.
Drawing books -- England -- London -- 1848.
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
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