• Title
  Valley of the mills, Hobarton / J. S. Prout
• Creator
  John Skinner Prout, 1805-1876
• Call number
  SV*/Sp Coll/Prout/8
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1845
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  457723
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 drawing - watercolour - 38 x 29 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  John Skinner Prout, (1805-1876), artist, was born on 19 December 1805 at Plymouth, England. He arrived with his wife and seven children in Sydney on 14 December, 1840. He brought a complete lithographic printing press with him, and in early 1841 he started producing lithographed versions of his drawings of Sydney. In January 1844, Prout moved to Hobart and commenced drawing Hobart and environs for a series of lithographic views. Sources: Skinner Prout in Australia, 1840-48 by Tony Brown. ML Q759.994/53. ML F981.1/P. Australian Dictionary of Biography, online edition.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed: J.S. Prout. Titled and dated by artist.
• Name
  Prout, John Skinner
  
• Subject
  Art, Colonial--Australia.
  
• Topic
  bush
  creeks
  gullies
  mountain ranges
  mountains
  
• Place
  Hobart (Tas.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19510574

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