• Title
  Hobart / John Skinner Prout
• Creator
  John Skinner Prout, 1805-1876
• Call number
  V*/Sp Coll/Prout/2B
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  approximately 1845
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  457807
• Physical Description
  1 drawing - watercolour - 18 x 38 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. Australian Dictionary of Biography, online edition.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed: J.S. Prout, undated. Title pencilled at bottom of image. Also pencilled in title, 'Hobart Town, V.D.L. Government House, Elizabeth St'.
• Date note
  
  Date based upon when artist resided in Hobart.
• Name
  Prout, John Skinner
  
• Topic
  Colonial architecture
  city & town views
  
• Place
  Elizabeth Street (Hobart, Tas.)
  Government House (Hobart, Tas.)
  Hobart (Tas.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20376118

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