Prout's Microcosm. the artist's sketch-book of groups of figures, shipping and other picturesque objects.
Samuel Prout (Plymouth 1783 - Camberwell 1852)
Category
Books
Date
1841
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3161239
Summary
Bibliographic description
4, [2] p., [24] leaves of plates (interleaved). ill.. 37cm. Provenance: Inscribed on flyleaf: "Alfred N.H. Curzon" [i.e. Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon, 4th Baron Scarsdale (1831–1916)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full brown ribbed cloth, blind fillet forming a border, ornamental blind corner pieces, gilt ornamental centre piece (laurel wreath) with gilt lettering on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine. Binding is becoming detached from text block; endpapers loose.
Makers and roles
Samuel Prout (Plymouth 1783 - Camberwell 1852), artist