Monday, 2 November 2015

David Roberts - part 7

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 6 also.


This is part 7 of an 8 - part series on David Roberts:




1843 Entrance to the Crypt, Roslin Chapel
 oil on panel 71.6 x 62.1 cm 
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1843 The Gate of Metawaley 
oil on panel 76.1 x 62.8 cm 
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1846 A Street in Cairo, Egypt 
oil on canvas 76.1 x 63
 Royal Holloway, University of London, UK


1844c A Street in Abbeville 
oil on panel 39.4 x 29.2 cm 
Glasgow Museums, UK

1845 Street in St Lo, Normandy 
oil on panel 70 x 51.5 cm 
Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, UK

1845 The Giudecca, Venice 
oil on canvas 55.9 x 129.5 cm 
Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven, CT

1845c Portrait of Clarkson Stanfield 
pen and ink on wove paper 18.9 x 12.3 cm

1846 From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt 
watercolour 34.6 x 50.2 cm 
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1846c View of Edinburgh from the Ramparts of the Castle, Looking East 
watercolour with gum arabic over pencil, heightened with white body-colour on two sheets of blue-green paper, joined together, faintly squared in pencil 28.5 x 80 cm

1847 Edinburgh from the Castle 
oil on canvas 121.9 x 213.4 cm 
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1847 Antwerp Cathedral 
oil on canvas 141 x 100.5 cm 
Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK

1848 Chancel of the Collegiate Church of St Paul, at Antwerp 
oil on canvas 141.9 x 11.8 cm 
Tate, London

1848 Chapel of the Virgin, Bordeaux 
oil on panel 31 x 19.9 cm 
Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, UK

1848 Mont St. Michel 
oil on panel 26.4 x 40.6 cm 
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

1848 The Cathedral, Mainz 
oil on panel 48.9 x 73.7 cm 
Brodie Castle, Moray, Scotland, UK

1848 The Temple at Dendur, Nubia 
watercolour over graphite with gouache on beige wove paper 19.5 x 26.7 cm 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1848 Tomb in St Jacques, Bourges, France 
oil on board 55 x 35.1 cm 
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, Scotland, UK

1849 Shrine of Saint Gomar at Lierre, Belgium 
oil on canvas 81.3 x 68.5 cm 
Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK

1849 The Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt 
oil on panel 36.8 x 54.6 cm 
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1849 View of Castle Gaucin 
oil on canvas 147 x 224 cm 
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

1849c The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans under the Command of Titus, AD 70 
oil on canvas 107 x 181 cm 
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead, UK

1850 Lierre; Interior of Saint-Gommaire 
oil on canvas 121.8 x 94 cm 
The Wallace Collection, London

1851 Herrengasse in Bern 
pencil and watercolour 37 x 26 cm

1851 Interior of Milan Cathedral 
oil on paper 24.1 x 17.1 cm 
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

1851 Interior of San Giovanni and San Paolo, Venice 
pencil and watercolour 32.7 x 53.3 cm 
Denver Art Museum, Colorado

1851 Portico of the Temple of Isis at Philae 
oil on canvas 109.2 x 84.5 cm 
Private Collection

1851c View of the Church of Santa Maria della Salute, on the Grand Canal, Venice, with the Dogana Beyond 
oil on paper laid on canvas 31 x 52 cm 
Private Collection


1852 View of Lucerne, Switzerland 
oil on panel 38.5 x 53.5 cm

1853 Carmelite Monks at Seville 
graphite and watercolour on paper 9.1 x 15.6 cm 
Tate, London

1853 Interior of the Cathedral of St Stephen, Vienna 
oil on canvas 111.7 x 142.3 cm 
Birmingham Museums Trust, UK

1853 Ruins of Elgin Cathedral 
oil on canvas 49.7 x 74.8 cm 
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1853 St. Peter's, Looking Back on Rome 
oil on canvas 31.2 x 76.2 cm 
Denver Art Museum, Colorado

1853 The Doge's Palace, Venice, from the Bacino di San Marco 
oil on canvas 122 x 183 cm 
The Fitzwiliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

1853-54 Interior of St Peter's, Rome 
oil on canvas 113 x 89.5 cm 
Government Art Collection, UK

1854 Tivoli 
graphite and watercolour on wove paper20.4 x 26.5 cm 
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1855 View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives 
oil on canvas 55 x 93 cm 
Government Art Collection, UK

1856 Capriccio Landscape ( called View of Rosslyn Castle ) 
oil on canvas 71.5 x 94.5 cm 
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

1856 Rome; Sunset from the Convent of Sant' Onofrio on the Janiculum 
oil on canvas 213 x 427 cm 
National Galleries of Scotland, UK

1856c A Study for 'Rome; Sunset from the Convent of Sant' Onofrio on the Janiculum' 
oil on panel 21.6 x 41 cm 
Scottish National Galleries, UK

1856 The Tombs of the Scaligeri at Verona 
oil on canvas 76 x 102.3 cm 
Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK


1857 Interior of the Duomo, Milan 
oil on canvas 167 x 131 cm 
Government Art Collection, UK

1857 The Piazza Navona in Rome 
oil on canvas 127.5 x 156.7 cm 
Museums Sheffield, UK

1858 Edinburgh from the Calton Hill 
oil on canvas 98.4 x 151.6 cm 
Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

1858 The High Altar of the Church of SS Giovanni e Paolo at Venice 
oil on canvas 142.3 x 107.5 cm 
Manchester City Art Galleries, UK

1858 The Ruins of Tyre, Lebanon 
oil on canvas 57.5 x 113.2 cm 
Museums Sheffield, UK

1859 At Verona, Italy 
oil on canvas 91.4 x 71.1 cm 
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum Birkenhead, Wirral, UK

1859 Interior of St Stephen's Church, Vienna 
oil on board 21 x 30.5 cm 
Southampton City Art Gallery, UK

1859 Interior of the Cathedral, Pisa 
oil on canvas 120.5 x 90 cm 
Denver Art Museum, Colorado

1859 Porch to Roslyn Chapel 
oil on canvas 58.5 x 43.5 cm 
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, UK

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