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Samuel Prout

Interior of a Cathedral

c. 1820s
gray and brown wash with point of brush and pen and brown ink with watercolor heightened with gouache

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Rather than showing a specific church, this drawing seems to depict an amalgamation of Gothic architecture, capturing a mood and not a particular place.

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