JOHN SKINNER PROUT NWS (BRITISH 1806–1876) Place St Sever, Rouen Titled and dated Feb/36 (lower right) Pencil heightened with white on grey paper 16.5 x 24.5cm (6 1/4 x 9 1/2in) John Skinner Prout emigrated to Australia in 1840 and set up the JSP Australian Lithographic Establishment. He moved to Tasmania in 1844 and returned to England in 1848. On his return he worked in Bristol becoming a friend of William Muller's and a founder member of the Bristol Sketching Club.