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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

David Roberts, R.A.
BRITISH
PETRA, JORDAN 
Estimate
Double Dagger
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15,000 — 20,000
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LOT SOLD. 23,750 GBP
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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

David Roberts, R.A.
BRITISH
PETRA, JORDAN 
Estimate
Double Dagger
Indicates that the lot is being sold whilst subject to Temporary Importation, and that VAT is due at the reduced rate
15,000 — 20,000
GBP
LOT SOLD. 23,750 GBP
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Details & Cataloguing

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David Roberts, R.A.
1796 - 1864
BRITISH
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.
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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

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.

 

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