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Poetry does not consist of words alone; there must be sentiment and fancy, combination and arrangement. ↗
Samuel Gillespie Prout followed in his father's footsteps by also painting watercolours. The collection sold at auction in 2010. Until Prout says Ruskin excessive and clumsy artificiality characterized the picturesque: what ruins early artists drew "looked as if broken down on purpose; what weeds they put on seemed put on for ornament".
Samuel Prout (September 17 1783 - February 10 1852) was one of the masters of British watercolour architectural painting. Prout secured the position of Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary to King George IV in 1829 and afterwards to Queen Victoria. Prout is often compared to his contemporaries; Turner Gainsborough Constable and Ruskin whom he taught.
