John Skinner Prout b. 19 December 1805

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Prout was a painter, lithographer, art teacher and writer. An Australian critic once described his works as 'one of those wild and scattery bits, both in form and colour, which so nearly verge on the grotesque, that they stamp their authors as "genius run mad"'.
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Citations

  • Prout, John Skinner (c.1834), 'The Castles and Abbeys of Monmouthshire’.

  • Prout, John Skinner (c.1834), 'Antiquities of Chester’.

  • Prout, John Skinner (c.1834), 'Antiquities of York’.

  • Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape’.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
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  • University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
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  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Reading Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Newport Museum & Art Gallery, Newport, South Wales, UK (collected in)
  • Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, England, UK (collected in)
  • Royal Albert Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, England, UK (collected in)
  • Chester Art Gallery, Chester, England, UK (collected in)
  • Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Cheltenham, England, UK (collected in)
  • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (collected in)
  • Bristol City Art Gallery, Bristol, England, UK (collected in)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • British Museum, (Natural History), London, England, UK (collected in)
  • British Museum (Dept of Prints & Drawings) (collected in)
  • Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, England, UK (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • City of Ballaarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic. (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. (collected in)