David Roberts, R.A. - Travels through the Middle East; Important Watercolours from a Distinguished Private Collection

David Roberts, R.A.

Figures on a Beach at Sidon

Auction Closed

April 29, 03:51 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

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David Roberts, R.A.

(Edinburgh 1796 - 1864 London)

Figures on a Beach at Sidon

Watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour;

signed lower left: David Roberts. R.A., inscribed and dated lower right: Sidon April 28^th 1839

58 by 73 mm.

With Agnew's, London, by 1989,

from whom acquired by the parents of the present owners.

London, Agnew's, 116^th Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, 1989, no. 227;

Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, on long-term loan, 2015 - 2021

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