Bruges

Samuel Prout, 1783 - 1852



Bruges

Samuel Prout 1783 - 1852

Summary

Scene within city. In foreground on right, at the bottom of some wooden steps, a group of women wash sheets in the river. Behind them is the rounded end of a building with narrow windows,some of which are broken and boarded up. On left three men cross a small stone bridge over the river, one man carrying a barrel. In background a large elaborate building faces the viewer with more smaller buildings lining a street which extends out of view.


Object Name

Bruges

Creators Name

Samuel Prout

Date Created

1820 (circa)

Dimensions

support: 27.7cm x 21cm

accession number

1943.2

Support

paper

Medium

watercolour
gouache

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