Samuel Prout

Ehrenbreitstein (From the Bridge) (From the Bridge)

Samuel Prout's "Ehrenbreitstein (From the Bridge)" is an original lithograph created by the British artist in 1824. It is printed by Charles Hullmandel on nineteenth century china paper, which has been pressed into a sheet of white, wove paper and contains full margins and published by Rudolph Ackermann in London for "Illustrations of The Rhine". "Ehrenbreitstein is located opposite the confluence of the Moselle and Rhine Rivers. In this original lithograph Samuel Prout portrays the ruins of the famous Prussian fortress (now mostly dismantled) on the rock 387 feet above the river. Accessible from only one side the fortification held a maximum garrison of 14,000 men and had room for stores and supplies to last an army of 60,000 for a year. The city of Coblentz is on the opposite shore. "Ehrenbreitstein (From the Bridge)" is a fine, original example of the lithographic and landscape art created by the British artist, Samuel Prout.

Ehrenbreitstein (From the Bridge)

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Samuel Prout (Norfolk, 1783 - London, 1852)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Ayton by the British artist, Samuel Prout	Original Lithograph	1819	published for "Views of Cottages", titled and signed in the stone along the lower margin.	Sold
02.-		Ehrenbreitstein (From the Bridge) by the British artist, Samuel Prout	Original Lithograph	1824	published by Rudolph Ackermann, London for "the Illustrations of The Rhine". Containing the title, printer's name, publisher's name and Samuel Prout's name below the image	Available
03.-		Near Ashbourn by the British artist, Samuel Prout	Original Lithograph	1819	published for "Views of Cottages", titled and signed in the stone along the lower margin.	Sold

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Title:	Ehrenbreitstein (From the Bridge)
Artist:	Prout, Samuel (Norfolk, 1783 - London, 1852)
Date:	1824
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Rudolph Ackermann, London
Printer:	Charles Hullmandel, London
Source:	Illustrations of The Rhine
Note:	Samuel Prout: Undoubtedly, Samuel Prout has been recognized as one of the greatest watercolour painters from the golden age of this medium. Yet he was also an important early pioneer in the medium of lithography, exploring this art's vast potential of light, shade and texture. Born in Norfolk, Prout received his early art education at the Plymouth Grammar School. He was first employed as a topographical artist at the tender age of fourteen to sketch views of Cornwall. He continued work in a similar vein for the following two decades, gaining a strong reputation for his pencil, lithograph and watercolour views of Cambridgeshire, Essex, Wiltshire and Devon, as well as many English rural views.
	After 1819, Samuel Prout became a frequent traveler on the Continent, visiting and sketching Belgium, Flanders, Italy, Germany, the Rhine and France. The lithographs he created from these excursions influenced artists throughout Europe. Samuel Prout's masterful attention to atmosphere, detail and the effects of light and shade were without parallel, and an entire generation of artists after him tried in vain to emulate his art.
	Rudolph Ackermann (Germany, 1764 - London, 1834): London's most famous early nineteenth century publisher of original prints and illustrated books, Rudolph Ackermann founded his publishing empire in 1796. By 1815 he was internationally praised for his detailed miniature engravings which appeared in his Forget Me Not annuals, his superb architectural studies and his landscapes and topographical views. His larger prints were most often issued in sets or portfolios and for these he commissioned some of the finest artists of the day, such as Samuel Prout and Thomas Rowlandson. Ackermann's larger views were usually created in the mediums of lithography, aquatint or soft ground etching. Some of his best known sets of subjects and views are The Microcosm of London (1808), History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster (1812), The History of the University of Oxford (1814), The English Dance of Death (1815) and The History of the Royal Residences (1829).
	Illustrations of The Rhine: Samuel Prout worked on his Illustrations of the Rhine from 1822 to 1826. Altogether, the series, when completed contained twenty-eight lithographs, all drawn directly on the stone by Prout himself. These were among the first lithographs Prout made and with their wonderful combinations of landscape and architecture, remain among his greatest and most sought after works. Each lithograph was printed at the stated date of publication and was not reissued at a later time. An original lithograph, Ehrenbreitstein (From the Bridge) was published by Rudolph Ackermann in London for "Illustrations of The Rhine". "Ehrenbreitstein is located opposite the confluence of the Moselle and Rhine Rivers. In this original lithograph Samuel Prout portrays the ruins of the famous Prussian fortress (now mostly dismantled) on the rock 387 feet above the river. Accessible from only one side the fortification held a maximum garrison of 14,000 men and had room for stores and supplies to last an army of 60,000 for a year. The city of Coblentz is on the opposite shore.
Size:	8 1/2 X 11 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $295.00 US
Condition:	Printed on nineteenth century china paper, which has been pressed into a sheet of white, wove paper. Containing full margins as published by Ackermann in London in 1824. It is in excellent condition throughout. Altogether, Ehrenbreitstein (From the Bridge) represents one of Prout's beautiful works of art from his Illustrations of the Rhine and is important both as a fine, early example of British lithography and of Prout's art.
Subject:	Samuel Prout, Ehrenbreitstein (From the Bridge), original lithograph, Prussian fortress, Moselle and Rhine Rivers, Coblentz.
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