Augsburg, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany
1833 · Lithograph in black on grayish-ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper · Plate: 40.7 × 28 cm (16 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.); Sheet: 42.8 × 30.4 cm (16 7/8 × 12 in.)
Prout, Augsburg, from Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany, 1833. Lithograph in black on grayish-ivory chine, laid down on ivory wove paper.
The Art Institute of Chicago · The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
How to look at a Prout
- Find a long straight edge in a Prout and notice it is not a single line. Count the breaks.
- Look at the figures. Their heads line up with the horizon. Their feet tell you how far away they stand.
- Find the darkest doorway and the lightest sunlit wall. They are nearly always touching.
