John Skinner Prout (14 results)
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Published by Sydney, Hobart, 1842
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Editio princeps. In exceptionally rare original colour. The author's copy, with his signature [John Rae]. With the original watercolour drawing for the title page, signed by the artist [John Skinner Prout]. Sydney Illustrated by J.S. Prout. With letter press description by J. R…ae. M.A. Sydney and Hobart, [1842-1844] (see note below) Prout's earliest Australian book: one of the rarest and best Australian view books. The beautiful seminal work is the freest and most artistically successful of all depictions of the city of Sydney. Condition First edition, Quarto (355 x 245mm.), lithographed pictorial title page with a vignette of "The Tombs, Garden Island" and 14 plates, all but 3 coloured by hand, 2 double-page, and a double-page map, all backed on linen, 42 pages of text, modern green half morocco. A rare coloured copy. With the ownership entries of John Rae (the author of the text), Gladys Hill, and Cecil A. Holland. "the metropolis of a new world" : Prout's marvellous views of Sydney Ferguson notes that "the plates are sometimes found coloured'', citing a presentation copy from Rae. This copy bears his signature on the upper free endleaf, and in addition on the opposite paste-down contains a watercolour by Prout, signed, which has been mounted into the binding. The watercolour is reproduced as the pictorial title to this work. The main difference in the two is that a figure in the foreground of the watercolour is omitted in the printed version. "John Skinner Prout was the nephew of the more famous Samuel Prout. He was born in England in 1806 and went to Australia in 1840. He returned to England in 1848, where he died in 1876. He was the first artist of any merit to go to Australia, and by his teaching, and by his endeavours to foster an interest in art, he had considerable influence on early Australian painting". (Abbey) Abbey devotes some space to a discussion of the date of the work, which was issued in parts, as "the title-page is very difficult to read'' - quite true. He eventually plumps for 1844 (as does Ferguson), though it is clear that the date given on the title-page in this copy ends either with a 3 or 5. John Skinner Prout was the first important colonial artist to produce a series of fine plate books since the departure from the colony of Augustus Earle. In June 1842 Prout advertised for subscribers to a series of lithographed views of Sydney to be published in parts and to be accompanied by letterpress descriptions by John Rae, the first full-time town clerk of Sydney. Although virtually the entire work (including the tinted lithographed title-page) was printed in Sydney by "J.S. Prout, Australian Lithographic Establishment", the last two plates and the map were printed in Hobart by Tasmanian engraver and printer Thomas Bluett. Bluett also printed a plain lithographed title-page with his imprint that is found in the collective issue of the complete work. Prout had visited Tasmania in January 1844 and determined to settle there. While in Hobart he had decided to conclude his obligations to his Sydney subscribers as quickly as possible. Completing the Sydney series on the spot, he made use of Bluett's recently arrived press to print the final plates and double-page map in Hobart. "Artistically and historically John Skinner Prout played a most important part in the development of Australian art and of the Australian plate book. Where earlier colonial topographical art had been constrained by the paramount demands of topographical accuracy in the representation of scenery, Prout was more concerned with painting and lithography as a form of art free of the restrictions of topographical convention. Furthermore, his enthusiastic advocacy of the arts helped to educate taste and to spread the popular acceptance of art in the colonies." (Wantrup) Literature Ferguson 3891; Abbey, Travel 576; Wantrup, 227a (requiring revision). Prout, John Skinner (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
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Published by [G. Davey and W. Strong], [Bristol], 1838
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large Paper copy of Prouts early work Complete, 30 tinted lithographs, on thick cards, first edition, in half red morocco over grey cloth, gilt tooling & titles, corners & edges rubbed. Re-spined, old laid down, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, 1*tinted lithograph tit…le leaf, 1*engraved dedication leaf, 1*preface leaf, followed by 29 tinted lithographs accompanied by 16 leaves of descriptive text, (31 inclusive of dedication), occasional blind stamp plus 2 small ink stamps of Quebec library to tp, Uncommon Believed to be only 100 copies printed. (leaves 554*363 mm, images 323*262 mm). (Abbey Scenery 538). Images of: Tintern (4), Llangibby, Chepstow (4), Raglan (3), Monmouth, Goodrich (2), Grosmont, Skenfrith, Whitecastle, Llantony Abbey (3), Usk (2), Caerleon, Newport, Pen Y Coed, Penhow, Striguil, Llanvair & Caldicot. PROUT John Skinner (illustrator).
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Published by Ackermann & Co., London: Published by , 96, Strand. Chester: Boult & Catherall.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Chester in 21 tinted lithographs. VG+, c1839/40, 1st edition, in modern half black morocco, over contemporary embossed black cloth, gilt titles & tooling, spine raised bands, no title. Internally, frontis, tinted lithograph title, engraved dedication leaf, 20 tinted lithographs (incl…usive of frontis), + lithographed title page, & engraved dedication leaf, all on thick cards, with guards, some light spotting, heavier to frontis verso, a.e.g. (Leaf 548*368 mm, pl 255*177 mm). (Abbey Scenery 97). 0. PROUT J.S. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Ackermann & Co, London, 1839
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this scarce collection of lithographic plates depicting picturesque views of Chester in the first half of the nineteenth century. The scarce first edition of this charming collection of illustrated plates depicting the walled cathedral city of Chester. The work o…f British painter, writer, lithographer and art teacher John Skinner Prout.With an engraved title page, frontispiece, and nineteen further tinted lithograph plates. Collated, complete.Scenes depicted in the illustrations include, The Ladye Chapel, The Cloisters, The Falcon Inn, The Old Palace at Watergate and the entrance to the water tower on the Walls, alongside a number of views of the Cathedral.With the armorial bookplate of Reverend George Becher Blomfield to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original quarter morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Bumping to back strip head. Rubbing to front and rear joints, with losses to leather in these regions, and boards holding firm. Five marks to rear board. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Areas of spotting and light foxing to plate perimeters, not affecting plates. Very Good. John Skinner Prout (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Ackermann & Co; Boult & Catherall [1839], London; Chester, 1839
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. An uncommon work on the beautiful antiquities of Chester by John Skinner Prout, a smart example of this first edition. The first edition of this uncommon work.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, and nineteen architectural plates.Collated, complete.John Skinner Pro…ut's beautiful work exploring the walled cathedral city of Chester through a series of detailed engraved plates.Scenes depicted in the illustrations include, The Ladye Chapel, The Cloisters, The Falcon Inn, The Old Palace at Watergate and the entrance to the water tower on the Walls, alongside a number of views of the Cathedral.Prout was a noted painter and lithographer, who travelled to Australia in the 1840s to teach art.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Bookplate of J. G. Barclay to the front paste down, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. In a rebacked quarter morocco binding with the original publisher's cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spotting. Very Good Indeed. John Skinner Prout (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Ackermann & Co, London, 1839
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this collection of lithographic plates depicting picturesque views of Chester in the first half of the nineteenth century. The first edition of this charming collection of illustrated plates depicting the walled cathedral city of Chester. The work of British pain…ter, writer, lithographer and art teacher John Skinner Prout. With an engraved title page, frontispiece, and nineteen further tinted lithograph plates. Collated, complete. Scenes depicted in the illustrations include, The Ladye Chapel, The Cloisters, The Falcon Inn, The Old Palace at Watergate and the entrance to the water tower on the Walls, alongside a number of views of the Cathedral. In the publisher's original morocco backed cloth covered boards. Externally, exceptional. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with instances of foxing to plate perimeters. Very Good. J. S. Prout [John Skinner Prout] (illustrator). book.
Published by G Davey and W Strong Bristol & O C Lane Clifton N.d. c., 1838
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Add to basket1st Ed. Folio. 19 letterpress leaves. 30 tinted lithographed plates (including title), lithographed dedication. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, from the Library of Julian Mitchell, ex-libris Th. A Lyons Dunmore Rectory, with the pencil inscription of 'D.W. Heal . Cowbridge', foxed, waterstained to leading corner in p…art, receding stain to upper corner at gutter hinge, contemporary gilt rule edged morocco backed cloth, worn and marked with some cloth loss, rebacked with much of original spine laid down. Abbey Scenery 538.John Skinner Prout (18061876), watercolour painter.Apparently 100 Copies only published. Additional postage may be necessary US$520.
Published by 2 pp. 7 x 4 inches, in good condition.
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Add to basket22 Rochester Square, 17 July, no year given. John Skinner Prout (1805 1876) was a British painter, writer, lithographer and art teacher who worked in Australia in the 1840s. "John Skinner Prout was the nephew of the more famous Samuel Prout. He was born in England in 1806 and went to Australia in 1840. He returned to England in…1848, where he died in 1876. He was the first artist of any merit to go to Australia, and by his teaching, and by his endeavours to foster an interest in art, he had considerable influence on early Australian painting'' [Abbey].
More imagesPublished by T. Bluett, Hobart, 1844
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Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA
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Add to basketCondition: Very good condition. Original colored lithograph, plate #10, to the rare folio 'Tasmania Illustrated' by John Skinner Prout (1805 - 1876). A pastoral view of the Queen's Orphan Schools in the background with the road, sheep, and travelers in the foreground. Signed lower left within image. Title centered below image. I…mage size 40x30 cm. Toned overall, title in buff, otherwise very good condition. ADRI #AUTAS001124073321; Trove 6940408; OCLC: 220670803 (SLT, NLA); Ferguson 3893 (Plate 10 is unnumbered in this edition, published same year as Ferguson 3892).
Published by T. Bluett, Hobart, 1846
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Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Very good overall. Original lithograph with period hand color, from the rare folio 'Tasmania Illustrated' by John Skinner Prout (1806 - 1876). This is a lovely color view of Hobart, with the new road (really a pretty country lane), moving diagonally from left to right, past a few large buildings, into the town, with t…he cathedral and the blue bay in the distance. A young woman and small child are seated on a large rock in the foreground, and Mt. Wellington is at the far right. Signed by the artist at the lower center, slightly to the right, within the image, 'J. S. Prout'. In the 1820s trade blossomed, with Hobart becoming a major wool trade port. Shops were established and fine Georgian sandstone buildings went up, such as the Presbyterian church (1824), Salamanca Place warehouses (1830s), the Theatre Royal (1837) and elegant private homes such as Narryna (1828). The Hobart Hebrew Congregation Synagogue was consecrated in 1845; it is the oldest synagogue building in Australia, built in the unusual Egyptian Revival style. Also in 1845, the first known Australian exhibition of pictures, arranged by John Skinner Prout, took place in Hobart. A restored copy of the image, with the original title, but trimmed to the margin all the way around; an archival border has been added for framing purposes. Very pretty copy, image is in very good condition.
More imagesPublished by Sydney: J.S. Prout and Co. Australian Lithographic Establishment, 1842
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Add to basketParts One & Two only, (the work being complete in four parts), published 1842 at 10s 6d per part. Folio (43 x 29cm). 'Prout's beautiful and seminal work is perhaps the freest and most artistically successful of all early depictions of the city of Sydney.'- Wantrup. Part I, lithograph title on front wrapper, 4 lithograhic views (…Sydney Cove, Woolloomooloo Bay, Millers' Point & Port Jackson) plus decriptive text paginated pp.1-10 ; Part II, lithograph title on front wrapper, 3 lithographic views (Campbell's Wharf, Lower Fall Willoughby & Sydney from Mrs. Darlings Point) & text paginated pp. 11-22. Lacking the view of New Government House, otherwise conforming to the list in Abbey. The outer wrappers quite foxed and chipped, some loss to upper margin area of Part II, the plates & text with some occasional foxing, additional Notice to Subscribers slip in the second part, noted by Wantrup as 'very rare having been discarded from most copies'. A sound copy. [Abbey Travel 576; Ferguson 3891; Wantrup 227a].
More imagesPublished by T. Bluett, Hobart, 1846
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Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Very good overall. Original lithograph with period hand color, from the rare folio 'Tasmania Illustrated' by John Skinner Prout (1806 - 1876). This is a lovely color view of Hobart, with the new road (really a pretty country lane), moving diagonally from left to right, past a few large buildings, into the town, with t…he cathedral and the blue bay in the distance. A young woman and small child are seated on a large rock in the foreground, and Mt. Wellington is at the far right. Signed by the artist at the lower center, slightly to the right, within the image, 'J. S. Prout'. In the 1820s trade blossomed, with Hobart becoming a major wool trade port. Shops were established and fine Georgian sandstone buildings went up, such as the Presbyterian church (1824), Salamanca Place warehouses (1830s), the Theatre Royal (1837) and elegant private homes such as Narryna (1828). The Hobart Hebrew Congregation Synagogue was consecrated in 1845; it is the oldest synagogue building in Australia, built in the unusual Egyptian Revival style. Also in 1845, the first known Australian exhibition of pictures, arranged by John Skinner Prout, took place in Hobart. Unnumbered, but plate [6] of the period hand-colored version of the print. It also appeared in a sepia edition highlighted in white; this is not the sepia edition.) Paper size: 17 1/2 x 14 1/4", image: 15 1/2 x 11 1/2". A bit sunned, lower left corner tear repaired, a few small chips at top edge, but only at the very top of the wide margin. [Trove 6942163 is the sepia version of the print; the color version available only as an electronic image, which is at the State Library of Tasmania. OCLC: 782357449 cites the copy at the State Library of Tasmania. See Ferguson 3892 & 3893 for the book.
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Fine. Lithograph with fine early hand-colouring, possibly by the artist. Signed by him in the image, measuring 28 x 17 centimetres (sight). We will advise postage costs and delivery times, which will vary from those quoted by ABE.
More imagesSeller: Antique Print & Map Room, Ultimo, NSW, AustraliaAntique Print & Map Room
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. Very rare lithograph by the colonial artist John Skinner Prout from his series of views of Sydney, 'Sydney Illustrated'. One of only two Sydney lithographs by Prout of this size. In the following institutional collections: NLA: Bib ID 2903019 Image Size: 442mm x 262mm (17.4" x 10.3"). Condition:… Minor wear to centre fold as usual, otherwise in good condition. Technique: Hand coloured lithograph with one tint.
