AUTHORITIES
The authorities for the life of Samuel Prout are:—
"Samuel Prout, Artist," by J. Hine, in the Transactions of the Plymouth Institution, 1879-80.
Art in Devonshire, by Geo. Pycroft, Exeter, 1883, pp. 106-17.
Royet, History of the Old Water-Colour Society, London, 1891.
Ruskin's "Notes on Samuel Prout and William Hunt," new edition in Ruskin on Pictures, London, 1902.
Note.—The publisher of this work will esteem it a favour if the possessors of pictures or drawings by Prout will place themselves in communication with him. He is particularly anxious to obtain copies of letters by, or documents about, the artist in short, any material which may be of use in the preparation of the exhaustive Life which is in progress. All communications should be addressed to Mr. John Lane, The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, London, W.
