Artwork
Old House at Pound's Bridge, near Tonbridge
Old House at Pound's Bridge, near Tonbridge is a watercolor work on paper by the Romanticist artist Samuel Prout. It dates from 1800 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Old House at Pound's Bridge, near Tonbridge is a watercolour painting by Samuel Prout, capturing a rustic scene near Tonbridge.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts an old, weathered house with a steeply pitched roof and large chimney, inhabited by two figures in period attire, suggesting a tranquil, everyday moment.
Technique & Style
Prout's use of watercolour conveys a sense of age and wear on the house, with broken windows and a crooked roof, characteristic of the Romanticism movement's emphasis on the emotional resonance of natural and architectural subjects.
Artist & collection
Artist
Samuel Prout (; 17 September 1783 – 10 February 1852) was a British watercolourist, and one of the masters of watercolour architectural painting, who largely invented the genre of the grand steet scene in British…
