Quote of the day
The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later surprises.
Samuel Prout

Born: September 17, 1783
Died: February 10, 1852 (aged 68)
Bio: Samuel Prout was one of the masters of British watercolour architectural painting. Prout secured the position of Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary to King George IV in 1829 and afterwards to Queen Victoria.
Known for:
- Salving from the wreck (1848)
- Chateau de Martinsbourg, Mayence (1852)
- The Rialto, Venice
- Plympton Grammar School






