Samuel Prout
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Samuel Prout
by Charles Turner
circa 1836
13 3/8 in. x 10 7/8 in. (340 mm x 276 mm)
NPG 1245
This portraitback to top
Prout is leaning on a leather-bound volume inscribed, 'S Prout/Works/Vol/D'. The name of the artist, and the provenance of the drawing were provided by the vendor (letter of 18 August 1899, NPG archives).
Provenanceback to top
The artist; purchased from his grandson, Mr Savory of Brighton, by F. W. Simpson; purchased from him, 1899.
Reproductionsback to top
Reproduced Magazine of Art (1900), p 225, and Connoisseur, CXVIII (1946), 112.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
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