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DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. | Petra, Jordan
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Sold
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Description
- Roberts
- Petra, Jordan
- signed and dated D. Roberts 1834 lower left
- watercolour over pencil, heightened with scratching out, stopping out and gum arabic
- 22.7 by 32.3 cm., 9 by 12 3/4 in.
Provenance
Sale: Christie's, London, 20 June 1978, lot 151
Purchased from the above by the present owner
Engraved:
by W. Finden for Landscape Illustrations of the Bible, London 1836, vol. I, pl. 36
Purchased from the above by the present owner
Engraved:
by W. Finden for Landscape Illustrations of the Bible, London 1836, vol. I, pl. 36
Catalogue Note
Roberts made a detailed exploration of Petra as part of his 1838-39 travels. The present watercolour was painted five years beforehand and is derived from a drawing by Count Léon de Laborde (1807-1869), who had visited the ancient city of Petra in 1828.
This watercolour was included, as an engraving, in Finden's Landscape Illustrations of the Bible, published by John Murray in 1836. This publication also saw the participation of other leading British artists such as J.M.W. Turner.
We are very grateful to Briony Llewellyn for her help when cataloguing this lot.
This watercolour was included, as an engraving, in Finden's Landscape Illustrations of the Bible, published by John Murray in 1836. This publication also saw the participation of other leading British artists such as J.M.W. Turner.
We are very grateful to Briony Llewellyn for her help when cataloguing this lot.