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That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Samuel Prout
![Samuel Prout](/img/nopic_profile.png)
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