Ink and watercolor on paper, appear unsigned, to include a Venetian canal scene and an continental street scene, each with outside information affixed to verso, in uniform framing.


Frame dimensions 21 x 16 3/4 in. (the first), 25 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (the second)

Sotheby's, 20 May 1962, Lots 107 and 198


Samuel Prout was a British watercolorist known for European townscapes and landscapes. He travelled extensively throughout Europe throughout the 1820s in Prague, France, Germany, and other countries. Prout was appointed Painter in Water-Colors[sic] in Ordinary to King George IV and later Queen Victoria. He also had a number of significant students and followers who were inspired by his work, including John Ruskin and David Roberts.

Some toning and few foxing marks; not examined out of frames.