Friday 30 October 2015

David Roberts - part 6

David Roberts R.A. c1870s 
© Royal Academy of Arts, London 

David Roberts RA (1796 – 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for a prolific series of detailed lithographic prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced as watercolour sketches he made during long tours of the region between 1838 and 1840. These, along with his large format oil paintings of similar subjects, made him a prominent Orientalist artist. He became a Royal Academician in 1841.

For more information on Roberts and for earlier works, see part 1 to 5 also.


This is part 6 of an 8 - part series on David Roberts:



1842-49 Cairo and Nubia continued:


1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; Obelisk of On 
lithograph with hand colouring 43 x 43.6 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; Pyramids of Geezeh 
colour lithograph 43.8 x 60.2 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; Ruind of Hement, Ancient Hermontis, Upper Egypt 
colour lithograph 36.9 x 43 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; Ruins of the Temple of Kardeseh, Nubia 
colour lithograph 39.3 x 43.8 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the Inundation 
colour lithograph 43.5 x 60.3 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; Temple at Wady Dabod, Nubia 
colour lithograph 36 x 43.8 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; Temple of Dandour, Nubia 
colour lithograoh 37.4 x 43.7 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; Temple of Isis on the Roof of the Great Temple of Dendera 
lithograph with hand colouring 39.2 x 43.8 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; The Hypaethral Temple of Philae, Called the Bed of Pharaoh 
colour lithograph 43.7 x 60.2 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; The Temple Of Kalabshee, Nubia 
colour lithograph with hand colouring 38.4 x 43 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; The Temples of Aboo-Simbel, From the Nile 
colour lithograph 36.2 x 43.4 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; Wady Dabod, Nubia 
colour lithograph 36.3 x 43.10 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Alexandria 
colour lithograph 43 x 60.3 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Bazaar of the Coppersmiths, Cairo 
colour lithograph 60.4 x 43.1 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Bazaar of the Silk Mercers, Cairo 
colour lithograph 60.2 x 43 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Cairo, Looking West 
colour lithograph 43 x 60.2 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Gate of the Metwaleys, Cairo 
lithograph with hand colouring 47.1 x 43.1 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Gate of Victory and Minaret of the Mosque El Hakim 
colour lithograph 40.2 x 43 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Interview with the Viceroy of Egypt, at his Palace, Alexandria
 colour lithograph 43.7 x 60.3 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Minarets, and Grand Entrance of the Metwaleys, at Cairo 
colour lithograph 63 x 43.1 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Mosque of the Sultan Hassan, Cairo 
colour lithograph 43 x 60.3 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; One of the Tombs of the Khalifs, Cairo
 colour lithograph 41 x 42.9 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; The Minaret of the Mosque El Rhamree 
colour lithograph 63.6 x 40.5 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Tombs of the Caliph's, Cairo 
lithograph with hand colouring 38.7 x 43 cm

1848 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Tombs of the Khalifs, Cairo 
colour lithograph 43 x 60.2 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume II; View from Under the Portico of the Temple of Dendera 
colour lithograph 60.4 x 43.8 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; A Group in the Slave Market in Cairo
 colour lithograph 37.4 x 43.6 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Approach Of The Simoon At Giza 
lithograph with hand colouring 33.1 x 48.5 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Bullack, Cairo 
colour lithograph 45.3 x 60.3 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Cairo from the Gate of Citzenib, Looking towards the Desert of Suez 
colour lithograph 43.7 x 60.5 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Dancing Girls at Cairo 
colour lithograph 36.9 x 43.8 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Grand Entrance to the Mosque of the Sultan Hassan 
colour lithograph 60.4 x 43.5 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Interior of the Mosque of the Metwalys 
colour lithograph 60.3 x 43.5 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Interior of the Mosque of the Sultan El Ghoree 
colour lithograph 43.7 x 60.3 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Minaret of the Principal Mosque in Siout, Upper Egypt 
lithograph with hand colouring 34.1 x 24 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Modern Mansion, showing the Arabesque Architecture of Cairo 
colour lithograph 60.3 x 43.8 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Mosque el Mooristan, Cairo
 lithograph with hand colouring 60.2 x 43.6 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Mosque of Sultan Hassan, from the Great Square of the Rameyleh 
colour lithograph 43.8 x 60.3 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Ruined Mosques in the Desert, West of the Citadel 
lithograph with hand colouring 43.5 x 43.1 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; The Citadel of Cairo, Residence of Mehemet Ali 
colour lithograph 43.8 x 60.3 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; The Coffee-Shop of Cairo 
lithograph with hand colouring 34.7 x 43.8 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; The Entrance to the Citadel of Cairo colour lithograph 43 x 60.2 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; The Holy Tree of Metereah
 colour lithograph 45 x 40.5 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; The Letter-Writer, Cairo 
colour lithograph 45 x 43.8 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; The Nileometer. Island of Rhoda 
colour lithograph 44.6 x 43.5 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Tomb of the Memlooks, Cairo 
lithograph with hand colouring 38.4 x 43.5 cm cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Tombs of the Caliphs-Cairo. Mosque of Ayed Be[y] 
lithograph with hand colouring 43.4 x 43 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; Tombs of the Memlooks, Cairo 
colour lithograph 45 x 43.8 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia, Volume III; View on the Nile, Ferry to Gizeh 
colour lithograph 43.5 x 54.5 cm

Egypt and Nubia; Aqueduct of the Nile, from the Island of Rhoda 
lithograph with hand colouring 24.1 x 34.8 cm

Egypt and Nubia;  Dayr-El-Medeeneh, Thebes
 colour lithograph 36.5 x 43.6 cm

1849 Egypt and Nubia; The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia 
lithograph with hand colouring
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York