Description
Australia
These unique steel engravings are from the work entitled, Australia by Edwin Carton Booth, F.R.C.I. and Illustrated with Drawings by Skinner Prout, N. Chevalier, & c. &c. which was published in London between the years 1873 -1876. Each lithograph is an intricate drawing of various scenes of Australia and surrounding islands in the 1870’s. The artist, John Skinner Prout (1806-1876) was an architectural illustrator and painter. John was born in Plymouth and a nephew of Samuel Prout (Topographical illustrator, drawing master and watercolourist). John specialized in similar subjects to his uncle but was practically self-taught. He was elected a member of the New Watercolour Society (NWS) on his return from Australia in 1849, where he visited Sydney and Hobart. He had already forfeited his membership of the NWS in 1838 by being overseas. John settled in Bristol after 1849 where he became a good friend of W. J. Muller (artist). He later moved to London where he died, at Camden Town on 29th August 1876. Each print is on heavy stock paper which measures ~ 8 ½” x 10 ½”.