David Roberts, R.A.
Jerusalem, 'The Pool of Bethesda'
Auction Closed
April 29, 03:51 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
David Roberts, R.A.
(Edinburgh 1796 - 1864 London)
Jerusalem, 'The Pool of Bethesda'
Watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour and stopping out,
inscribed, dated and signed lower centre right: Jerusalem. april 12th 1839. David Roberts
326 by 484 mm.
Lord Francis Egerton, later 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857), purchased from the artist,
The Ellesmere Sale, London, Christie's, 2 April 1870, lot 11 (as The Pool of Bethesda), bt Mackay;
possibly John Hugh, his sale, London, Christie's, 10 May 1878, lot 135, bt Agnew;
Thomas Johnstone-Smith of Sydenham (1858-1935),
his executor's sale, London, Christie's, 21-24 February 1936, lot 249, bt M. Newman;
possibly, sale, London, Sotheby's, 26 June 1940, lot 67;
sale, London, Phillips, 2 November 1987, lot 34, bt Agnew on behalf of the parents of the present owners.
Lithographed:
by Louis Haghe for The Holy Land, London 1842, vol. I, pl. 12 & London 1855, vol. I, pl. 12 (as The Pool of Bethesda)
Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, on long-term loan, 2015 - 2021
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