Many of John Skinner Prout's watercolours and lithographs are held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. This lithograph is dated 1844 of the Female Factory - the women's prison - at Cascades:
Lithograph: TMAG Ref: AG1928
ITEM NAME: Print lithograph:
MEDIUM: lithograph , Black and white lithograph on off white paper laid onto cardboard,
MAKER: John Skinner Prout [1805 - 1876] [artist];
TITLE: 'The Female Factory from Proctor's Quarry'
DATE: 1844
This photograph dated 1850 is the result of a combined effort by sitter and photographer.
Portrait: Title: John Skinner Prout
Creator(s): Allport, Morton, 1830-1878
Date: 1850
Description: 1 photograph : sepia toning ; oval image 8 X 6.
Notes: Exact measurements of copy: 74 x 52 mm,
" ... photographed by ... Prout & myself, Morton Allport" inscribed in pencil on verso., "Gold chloride 1850" inscribed in pencil on verso in unknown hand.,
Head and shoulders inclined right.
Location: Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts ADRI: AUTAS001125883421
J.S. Prout at the Female Factory 1844
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