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"description": "Lemonedes, Heather. British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Published on the occasion of the exhibition \"British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art\" shown 10 Feb to 26 May 2013 at the Cleveland Museum of Art. London: D Giles Limited, 2013. Cat 21, pg 68-9.",
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"did_you_know": "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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"description": "Samuel Prout\u2019s watercolors of picturesque views and architectural marvels of Italy, France, Germany, and Switzerland attracted a wide audience, helped inspire travel, and shaped the English perception of Continental Europe. The influential critic John Ruskin became a close friend, neighbor, and great supporter of the artist, declaring in the Art Journal in 1849 that no other artist expressed architectural detail in more \"splendid accumulation\" or \"patient love\" than Prout.",
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