Herdsman with a Cow beneath a Ruined Gothic arch in an Evening Landscape

Herdsman with a Cow beneath a Ruined Gothic arch in an Evening Landscape

£380

This drawing sreminds us how good a draughtsman Prout was from his early years, and how subtle his monochrome drawings could be. Here he sparingly appies yellow tinted white bodycolour onto coloured paper to capure the evening light and mood.

Dimensions:

Height 21 cm / 8 12"
Width 27 cm / 10 "
Framed height 42.5 cm / 16 "
Framed width 47.5 cm / 18 "
Year

c.1810

Medium

Pen and ink, and watercolour heightened with white, on brown paper

Signed

Signed lower centre. A note on the backboard reads "Early Watercolour, made....(?) when living in Devon"

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