Prout, Samuel (Plymouth 1773 - 1852 London) a... Lot n° 52142

Watercolour on paper "At the portal of the Regensburg Cathedral", believers on the porch in front of the main portal of St. Peter's, bottom left signed "S.Prout", detail 43 x 31 cm, mid 19th century, visibly very good condition, later neatly framed and glazed with paper, not framed out. (63 x 50 cm), not framed 0136 A somewhat larger watercolour by Samuel Prout with the same motif is in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (inv. no. 1040-1873), cf.: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1030179/the-porch-of-ratisbon-cathedral-watercolour-prout-samuel/ The present work is a smaller version of the watercolour in the Victoria & Albert Museum, either by Samuel Prout himself or possibly by the hand of his son Samuel Gillespie Prout (1822 - 1911).