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David Roberts, Scottish

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WA-00047468

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (21)

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Figures at Altar of a Cathedral

1857 · Watercolor over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on board

46.5 × 36.4 cm (18 5/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Approach of the Simoon-Desert at Gizeh

1849 · color lithograph

Sheet: 43.6 x 60.4 cm (17 3/16 x 23 3/4 in.); Image: 33.1 x 48.5 cm (13 1/16 x 19 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Temple at Dendur, Nubia

1848 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite

sheet: 7 11/16 x 10 1/2 in. (19.5 x 26.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: The Great Temple of Aboo-Simble, Nubia

1846 · color lithograph

Sheet: 43.7 x 60.3 cm (17 3/16 x 23 3/4 in.); Image: 32.8 x 48.9 cm (12 15/16 x 19 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia

1842 · Illustrated books

3 vols.; H: 24 3/4 in. (63 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Egypt & Nubia, Volume III, No. 8: Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo

1842 · color lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

View of Constantinople

1840 · Graphite, heightened with lead white, with brush and brown wash, on tan wove paper, laid down on ivory board

44.2 × 59.2 cm (17 7/16 × 23 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Egypt and Nubia, Volume III, No. 26, Cairo, Looking West

1838 · color lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Egypt and Nubia: Volume III - No. 36, Interior of the Mosque of the Sultan El Ghoree

1838 · color lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Egypt and Nubia: Volume III–No. 38, Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rameyleh

1838 · color lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Oriental Scene

1838 · Watercolor over traces of graphite on cardboard

sheet: 12 3/16 x 9 1/16 in. (31 x 23 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

King's College Chapel--Cambridge

1837 · oil on canvas

sight 27 1/2 x 22 in. (69.8 x 55.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Palazzo dei Priori, Volterra

1835 · Black graphite, heightened with white on blue paper

sheet: 9 7/16 x 5 5/8 in. (24 x 14.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Descent into the Plain of Granada

1834 · watercolor with gouache, scratch-away, and graphite

Sheet: 23.2 x 32.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tétouan from the Terrace of Cohen’s House, Morocco

1833 · Watercolor and gouache over soft dark graphite on gray paper

Sheet: 9 in. × 26 3/4 in. (22.9 × 67.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Giralda, Seville

1833 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite on blue-gray paper

Sheet: 14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (36.5 × 24.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drawings by David Roberts

1830 · Bound album containing 35 graphite drawings

Art Institute of Chicago

Constantinople

1816 · Graphite, heightened with lead white, on tan wove paper

42 × 56 cm (16 9/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Album of Sketches by David Roberts

1816 · Album containing 37 drawings in graphite, wash, and watercolor on paper

34.5 × 57 cm (13 5/8 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dole, France

1800 · Graphite and black crayon, on cream wove paper, laid down on tan board

22.7 × 19.2 cm (8 15/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rouen Cathedral

1796 · oil on wood

sight 14 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (37.5 x 31.7 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Artwork sources (4)

21 published of 21 catalogued · 18 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Smithsonian
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Egypt and Nubia, Volume III, No. 26, Cairo, Looking West
1838 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Egypt & Nubia, Volume III, No. 8: Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo
1842 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Egypt and Nubia: Volume III - No. 36, Interior of the Mosque of the Sultan El Ghoree
1838 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Egypt and Nubia: Volume III–No. 38, Mosque of Sultan Hassan from the Great Square of the Rameyleh
1838 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Approach of the Simoon-Desert at Gizeh
1849 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: The Great Temple of Aboo-Simble, Nubia
1846 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Descent into the Plain of Granada
1834 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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