David Roberts Art
British, 1796-1864
David Roberts was born outside of Edinburgh, Scotland. At age 10 he became a house painter’s apprentice. He continued painting houses and, eventually, theater scenes in Edinburgh and then in London. Roberts’ friend, J.M.W. Turner, recognized his artistic talent and encouraged him to become a full-time artist.
In 1839 Roberts traveled to Egypt and then in 1840, through the Holy Land, concluding in Jerusalem. Upon his return to England, F.G. Moon agreed to publish lithographs created by Louis Haghe from Roberts’ sketches and watercolors. This publication was highly acclaimed and very popular for its esthetic quality, its historical and topographical accuracy, and Roberts’ dramatic depiction of his scenes. Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens were among the subscribers who collected his works. Roberts’ and Haghe’s duotone lithographs, often colored, remain extremely sought after today and have been rising steadily in value.
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Artist: David Roberts
Dealer: Darnley Fine Art
Portico of The Temple of Dendera
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
Portico of The Temple of Dendera
Subscription or First Edition in stock
Full plate: 161
Presented in an acid free mount
£2,000
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
THEBES - COLOSSAL STATUES OF AMUNOPH III Many other Roberts lithographs availabl
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
David Roberts R.A.
1796 - 1864
THEBES - COLOSSAL STATUES OF AMUNOPH III
First Edition lithograph
Full plate: 137
Presented in a acid free mount
Published by F.G. Moon & Son, Londo...
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Late 19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
Materials
Lithograph
Front Elevation of The Great Temple of Aboo Simbel
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
Front Elevation of The Great Temple of Aboo Simbel
First edition lithograph
Full plate: 169
Presented in a acid free mount
£2,600
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Roberts reached A...
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
Kom Ombo - David Roberts - Orientalist
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
David Roberts
1796 - 1864
Kom Ombo
First Edition lithograph
Full plate: 210
Presented in an acid free mount
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1840s David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
Circular Temple at Baalbek, Rare Original Signed Watercolour by David Roberts
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
Watercolour with touches of bodycolour on buff paper, signed lower middle and inscribed and dated '1839' lower left
Image size: 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (22 x 31 cm)
Acid free mount and period style gilt frame
This original watercolour by Roberts depicts the temple at Baalbek with the ruined palace behind, seen from the opposite bank of a brook, where a group of figures are seated and kneeling around a table, with an arched bridge nearby.
David Roberts was the first professional British artist to travel independently to the Middle East in 1838. He was the first British artist to draw the ruins of Ancient Egypt and Roberts produced a series of finished watercolours, including the painting, which he had worked up from sketches made during his tour.
Like many British artists he used the familiar visual language of European landscapes to capture the unfamiliar scenery. By using architectural motifs to provide structure to compositions like this he is able to present a dramatic scene of classical grandeur, illuminated by sunlight complemented by a large area of shade in the foreground.
The dramatic scene is enhanced by the three groups of figures, which convey the sense of scale. The figures also give the picture richer, darker and redder tones that contrast with the sandy colours of the architecture. This painting uses a lot of the essential ingredients that make up a picturesque scene: distant mountains, classical ruins and figures for human interest and to convey motion.
Robert's Trip to Baalbek
David Roberts visited Baalbek near the end of his travels around Egypt and the Middle East. Roberts and his party rode to the site of Baalbek on 2nd May in a heavy-rain storm. He was miserable, totally drenched and feverish. But the sight of the ancient Roman settlement rallied him. Despite his physical debilitation, 'I was... so much struck with the magnificence of the temple, that I could not resist visiting and examining it'. The storm then continued through the night, pummelling the traveller's tents. In the morning, Roberts felt extremely ill and sought the help of a Greek priest, who found him dry shelter in a cowshed. For the first time on his gruelling journey, Roberts devoted the whole day to bed rest.
On May 4th, regaining some strength, Roberts explored the site. With obscure origins connected with the god Baal, the city of Baalbek had grown to importance in Hellenistic times, when it was known as Heliopolis ('The City of the Sun'). In the first century B.C. the Romans had established a cult of the Heliopolitan Jupiter there, and both Josephus Flavius...
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1830s Victorian David Roberts Art
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Watercolor
General View of the Island of Philae, Nubia
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
General View of the Island of Philae, Nubia
Subscription and first edition lithographs in stock
Full plate: 151
Presented in a acid free mount
£2080
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
Principal Court of the Convent of St. Catherine
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
First Edition lithograph
Full plate: 120
Presented in a acid free mount
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
El Deir, Petra
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
Available in the First Edition lithograph
Full plate: 90
Presented in a acid free mount
We only sell the original 19th century lithographs by David Roberts, please read the informa...
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
Calvary of the Holy Sepulchre
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
David Roberts R.A.
1796 - 1864
CALVARY - HOLY SEPULCHRE
First Edition lithograph
Full plate: 26
Presented in a acid free mount
Modern hand-coloured lithograph for the first editi...
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Late 19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
Materials
Lithograph
Baalbec, General View
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
Subscription and first Edition lithographs
Full plate: 77
Presented in an acid free mount
Original hand coloured subscription edition and modern hand-coloured lithograph for the fir...
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
Castle San Angelo, Rome, David Roberts, 19th Century Original Watercolour
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white.
Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches (24 x 34 cm)
Hand made gilt frame
Provenance
The Fine Art Society 1981 (Label Verso)
Priv...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Paper, Watercolor
Convent of St. Catherine, Mt. Horeb
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
First edition lithographs in stock
Full plate: 118
Presented in a acid free mount
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
Lower Portion of El Khasne, Petra
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
Subscription and first edition lithograph in stock
Full plate: 94
Presented in a acid free mount
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
General View Asouan & The Island of Elephantine
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
Subscription and first edition lithographs in stock
Full plate: 196
Presented in a acid free mount
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
Interior of the Great Temple of Aboo Simbel - Orientalist - David Roberts
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
David Roberts R.A.
1796 - 1864
Interior of the Great Temple of Aboo Simbel
Subscription edition and First edition lithographs available
Full plate: 139
Acid free mount
With David ...
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
Minaret & Grand Entrance of the Metwaleys, Cairo
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
Subscription and first edition lithograph in stock
Full plate: 218
Presented in an acid free mount
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
The Pool of Bethesda- Jerusalem
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
THE POOL OF BETHESDA- JERUSALEM
Subscription and first edition lithographs in stock
Full plate: 12
Presented in a acid free mount
£1,200
Published by F.G. Moon & Son, London 1842-49.
Subscription edition were coloured during production and First edition are modern hand-coloured lithograph, that was printed a few years after the subscription edition David Roberts.
We have both Subscription and First Edition lithographs in stock. The subscription edition was printed on a fine paper, hand coloured and then stuck on card. The first edition was printed on a more coarse paper and not coloured by hand. These ones we colour to match the subscription colouring. Each lithograph is sold in mint condition and in an acid free mount.
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
Baalbec, Western Portico
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
First edition lithograph in stock
Full plate: 79
Presented in a acid free mount
Modern hand-coloured lithograph for the first edition of David Roberts’ The Holy Land available.
Pub...
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
The Theatre, Petra
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
First Edition lithograph
Full plate: 98
Presented in a acid free mount
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19th Century Victorian David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
Facade of the Pronaos of the Temple of Edfou - David Roberts - orientalist
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
David Roberts
1796 - 1864
Facade of the Pronaos of the Temple of Edfou
First Edition lithograph
Full plate: 208
Presented in a acid free mount
We have all 250 of the Lithograph set...
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1840s David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
View From Under The Portico of The Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
David Roberts R.A.
1796 - 1864
VIEW FROM UNDER THE PORTICO OF THE TEMPLE OF EDFOU, UPPER EGYPT
First edition lithograph available
Full plate: 157
Presented in an acid free mount
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Mid-19th Century David Roberts Art
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Lithograph
Great Gateway, Leading to the Temple at Karnac, Thebes, Original Watercolour
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
Pencil and watercolour heightened with white, signed lower right and inscribed lower left
Image size: 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (37.5 x 29.5 cm)
Mounted with handmade gilt frame
Prove...
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Early 19th Century David Roberts Art
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Watercolor, Graphite
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The Greek Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
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Modern hand-coloured lithograph for the first edition of David Roberts’ The Holy Land.
Published by F.G. Moon & Son, London 1842-49.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was nearly destroyed by fire in the year 1808 ; lone neglected by the Latin Christians, it was repaired by Russia, which carefully cultivates
its connexion with the Asiatic Greeks ; and in consequence of this expenditure, the Greek monks have been put in possession of the most venerated parts of the edifice. In the engraving the view is directed to the screen, which, as in all the churches of the Greek ritual, separates the nave from the altar. Though sculpture is rigidly excluded, pictures and other embellishments are largely employed. This chapel is lavishly ornamented ; and though it exhibits a barbaric mixture of styles, Greek, Gothic, and Saracenic, the general effect is rich in the extreme. The profusion of gilding, the gold and silver lamps continually burning, and the elaborate decoration of every part, render the first view overpowering.
Near the centre stands a small vase, to which the Greeks attach great reverence, regarding it as the central spot of the earth, and call it the “Navel of the World.”
Mr Roberts’s Journal describes the scene “March 31, 1839 (Palm Sunday).—This is a great day at the Holy Sepulchre, and we witnessed the procession early in the morning. Perhaps after seeing the splendid sights of this kind in Spain, they were seen to disadvantage, still to me they were most interesting. The Latins took no part in the spectacle, being shut out on account of the plague, and holding no communication with the city.”
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THEBES - COLOSSAL STATUES OF AMUNOPH III, Other Roberts lithographs available
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1796 - 1864
THEBES - COLOSSAL STATUES OF AMUNOPH III
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JERUSALEM FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
JERUSALEM FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
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VIEW FROM UNDER THE PORTICO OF THE TEMPLE OF EDFOU, UPPER EGYPT
By David Roberts
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David Roberts R.A.
1796 - 1864
VIEW FROM UNDER THE PORTICO OF THE TEMPLE OF EDFOU, UPPER EGYPT
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Full plate: 157
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H 13.78 in W 19.69 in
The Dome of the Rock, showing the Site of the Temple, 19th Century Orientalist
By David Roberts
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The Dome of the Rock, showing the Site of the Temple
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Approach of the Simoon - Desert of Geezah, 19th Century First-Edition Lithograph
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CALVARY - HOLY SEPULCHRE
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COLOSSAL FIGURES IN FRONT OF ABOO-SIMBEL
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COLOSSAL FIGURES IN FRONT OF ABOO-SIMBEL
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