Samuel Prout — Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, Etc. As Applicable to Landscape Painting
London , M. A. Nattali, 1848. Cloth. A fascinating new edition copy of this work on the compositions of landscape paintings by watercolourist of Queen Victoria, Samuel Prout. A new edition, with additional examples, of Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, etc. As Applicable to Landscape Painting, by Samuel Prout. Samuel Prout was a British watercolourist and one of the masters of watercolour architectural painting and was painter in water colours in ordinary to Queen Victoria.With twenty two lithographic plates with multiple illustrations on each and an explanation of each plate in relation to light, shadow and composition.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with some fading and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and some light marks to the boards. Some marks to the last few pages and a water mark to plate xxii. Internally, firmly bound with generally clean and bright pages. Very Good . Ill.: Samuel Prout. Very Good .