David Roberts

1796–1864 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Orientalism

David Roberts (24 October 1796 – 25 November 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced from sketches he made during long tours of the region (1838–1840). Wikipedia

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“The Israelites Leaving Egypt”, 1830 — Birmingham Museums Trust
“The Torre del Oro”, 1833 — Museo del Prado
“The Inauguration of the Great Exhibition: 1 May 1851”, 1852 — Royal Collection
“The Castle of Alcalá de Guadaíra”, 1833 — Museo del Prado
“Edinburgh from the Calton Hill”, 1858 — Art Gallery of New South Wales
“The Temple of Dendera”, 1841 — Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery
“Mont St Michel”, 1848 — National Galleries of Scotland
“The Gateway to the Great Temple at Baalbec”, 1841 — Royal Academy of Arts
“A View of Toledo and the River Tagus”, 1841 — Royal Collection
“Ashdod”
“Goatherds with flock near Ashdod”
“Edinburgh from the Castle”, 1847 — Yale Center for British Art
“Old Buildings on the Darro, Granada”, 1834 — Victoria and Albert Museum
“Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives with Pilgrims Entering from the River Jordan”, 1842 — Norfolk Museums Collections
“The Forum, Rome, Italy”, 1859 — Guildhall Art Gallery
“Interior of the Cathedral of St Stephen, Vienna”, 1853 — Birmingham Museums Trust
“A Street in Cairo, Egypt”, 1846 — Royal Holloway, University of London
“The Piazza Navona at Rome”, 1857 — Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust
“London from Fleet Street, the Lord Mayor's Show”, 1837 — Walker Art Gallery
“The Houses of Parliament from Millbank, London”, 1861 — London Museum
“St Paul's Cathedral, London, with the Lord Mayor's Procession”, 1836 — Guildhall Art Gallery
“The Porch of St Maclou, Rouen”, 1829 — National Gallery
“The Great Staircase, Stafford House (now Lancaster House)”, 1832 — Government Art Collection
“Rouen Cathedral”, 1831 — Grundy Art Gallery
“Ruins of the Roman Forum”, 1859 — Wolverhampton Art Gallery
“The Gate of Metawaley”, 1843 — Victoria and Albert Museum
“Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus”, 1840 — Walker Art Gallery
“A View in Cairo”, 1840 — Royal Collection
“West Front of Antwerp Cathedral”, 1847
“The Fountain on the Prado, Madrid”, 1841 — Royal Collection
“Interior of the Mosque, Córdoba”, 1838 — Museo del Prado
“Entrance to the North Transept, Cathedral of Burgos”, 1835 — National Gallery
“Chancel of the Collegiate Church of St Paul, at Antwerp”, 1848 — National Gallery
“King's College Chapel—Cambridge”, 1837 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“View on the Tiber, Rome”, 1862 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Rome: Sunset from the Convent of Sant' Onofrio on the Janiculum”, 1856 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Capriccio Landscape (called View of Rosslyn Castle)”, 1856 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Baalbec”, 1842 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Chancel of the Collegiate Church of St Paul, at Antwerp”, 1861 — National Galleries of Scotland
“Farm Cart at Dol, 1843”, 1843 — Yale Center for British Art

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