The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 15, 2026

A horizontally oriented sketchbook page features a gray wash drawing of a landscape. On the left, a triangular mountain peak rises into a pale sky, its slopes merging with rolling hills to the right. A small white building nestles among dark, stippled foliage in the center. To its right, a two-arched stone bridge spans a misty body of water. A dark wash defines the foreground on the left, anchoring the hazy scene.

Sketchbook: "Mountainous Landscape with Bridge"

1814

Samuel Prout

(British, 1783–1852)
England, 19th century
graphite with gray wash
Each page: 13.5 x 23.4 cm (5 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Bier, London 1954.648.f
Location: Not on view

Description

John Ruskin (also in this gallery) admired Prout’s strength as a draftsman. Like the topographical watercolorists of the 18th century, Prout emphasized form over color in his watercolors, as is evident in the monochromatic, delicate English views in this sketchbook.
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