Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852, British
Title:
Coast Scene near Plymouth
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with brown ink, black ink, and g over graphite on thick, rough, beige board, pasted on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 × 23 inches (46 × 58.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper left: "6651 S. Prout | EX 161"; on back of mount, on sheet attached to mount, lower center: "161. S. Prout | The Cornish Coast"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1953
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
men | woman | geology | science | sand | fishermen (people) | beach | cave | cavern | sea | masts | net | boulders | coast | hats | boats | ship | sailboats | landscape | marine art | genre subject | horses (animals) | cattle | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
Plymouth | Devon | Europe | United Kingdom | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
Publications:
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, p. 135, no. II.17, pl. 110, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13071