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    "localId": "132076",
    "label": "Sketchbook",
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    "id": "132076",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Sketchbook",
    "description": "John Ruskin (also in this gallery) admired Prout’s strength as a draftsman. Like the topographical watercolorists of the 18th century, Prout emphasized form over color in his watercolors, as is evident in the monochromatic, delicate English views in this sketchbook.",
    "date": "1814",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.648",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.648/1954.648_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Each page: 13.5 x 23.4 cm (5 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "England, 19th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1954.648"
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    "tec": "graphite with gray and brown wash",
    "tombstone": "Sketchbook, 1814. Samuel Prout (British, 1783–1852). Graphite with gray and brown wash; each page: 13.5 x 23.4 cm (5 5/16 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Bier, London, 1954.648",
    "collection": "DR - British",
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    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Bier, London",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:48:20.854000",
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    "dept": "Drawings",
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