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David Roberts

Also known as: David Roberts; primary name: Roberts, David
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1796-1864
Biography: Landscape and architectural painter, also draughtsman on wood. 1816-30 worked as a theatre designer and scene painter in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and after 1822 in London. 1824, first exhibited at RA and first of many visits to the continent. 1832-3, travelled to Spain, and briefly to Morocco; 1838-9, travelled in Near East. 1838, ARA; 1841, RA. Lithographs after his compositions made by Louis Haghe published as "The Holy Land, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" (6 vols, 1842-9). 1851, northern Italy and Austria; 1853, Rome. 1860s began series of views of Thames.
Bibliography: Grove Dictionary of Art R K Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers', 1985

395 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1907,1130.18.1-60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HighamPublished by:Longman |
Production date: 1830-1841

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1860,0728.673 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPublished by:Hodgson & Graves |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1913,0509.1.1-41 |
Producer name: Published by:LongmanAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1954,0405.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1827

drawing

Museum number: 1944,0321.5 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsFormerly attributed to:John Coney |
Production date: 1837

drawing

Museum number: 1872,0608.529 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1796-1864

drawing

Museum number: 1943,1113.112 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1839

drawing

Museum number: 1961,1014.6 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1796-1864

drawing

Museum number: 1953,0411.25 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1833

drawing

Museum number: 1872,0608.528 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1796-1864

drawing

Museum number: 1953,0411.26 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1796-1864

drawing

Museum number: 1886,1016.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Attributed to:David Roberts |
Production date: 1796-1864

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1900,0824.533 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1836

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0218.52 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1833

drawing

Museum number: 1961,1014.7 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1796-1864

drawing

Museum number: 1957,0413.4 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1796-1864

drawing

Museum number: 1875,0814.1182 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Henry (Hoppner?) MeyerFormerly attributed to:Hoppner Meyer |
Production date: 1860

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1900,0824.534 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1837

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1900,0824.532 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1834

drawing

Museum number: 1940,0601.9 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1825

drawing

Museum number: 1915,0313.44 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1832

drawing

Museum number: 1958,0712.366 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1796-1864

drawing

Museum number: 2002,0323.11 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Drawn by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1831

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1861,0518.214 |
Producer name: Printed by:Vizetelly & CoPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

medal

Museum number: 1930,0805.2 |
Production date: 1875 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Thurmberg |
Museum number: 1926,0331.617 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Tibbetts WillmoreAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sweet - Heart The Antiquities of Scotland |
Museum number: 1862,1108.636 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Print made by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1831

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Jaffa, looking South |
Museum number: 1957,0530.139 |
Producer name: Print made by:Day & CoAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1841-1860 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Elgin Cathedral Scotland Delineated |
Museum number: 1863,0214.1512 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:Robert Carrick |
Production date: 1853 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mill at Bruges |
Museum number: 1926,0331.80 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert BrandardAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.80 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Interior of Burgos Cathedral |
Museum number: 1850,0131.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ebenezer ChallisAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1849

print

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.92 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.81 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Bridge of Toledo |
Museum number: 1861,0810.296 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward GoodallAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: Petra, March 6th..1839. / Conference at Wady Moosa The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.39 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Abbeville, France Modern Gallery of British Artists |
Museum number: 1871,0114.127 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:Henry Winkles |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Descent into the plain of Granada |
Museum number: 1898,1112.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Carr ArmytageAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.114 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Town of Tibarias, looking towards Lebanon The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1877,0609.220 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:Louis Haghe |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: St Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street Views in London and its Vicinity |
Museum number: 1880,1113.3178.2 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:George Cooke |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Gorcum |
Museum number: 1926,0331.598 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert William WallisAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Melrose Abbey, Roxburgshire Modern Gallery of British Artists |
Museum number: 1871,0114.110 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:Joseph Clayton Bentley |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: St Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street |
Museum number: 1880,0911.656 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:George Cooke |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Jerusalem, April 12th 1839 The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.123 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:Louis Haghe |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Interior of Burgos Cathedral |
Museum number: 1915,1005.33 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:Edmund William Evans |
Production date: 1888 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1894,0417.407 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WallisAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1811-1830

print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Title: Hôtel de Ville, Louvain |
Museum number: 1915,0611.5 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:William Wallis |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Seville from the Cruz del Campo |
Museum number: 1848,1013.287 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:Alfred Robert Freebairn |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1864,0625.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward GoodallAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Title: The Alcazar at Segovia |
Museum number: 1894,0417.294 |
Producer name: Print made by:James RedawayAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Fountain of the Lions. |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2981 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 After:David Roberts |
Production date: 1835

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0611.148 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:William Miller |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Title: Gorcum |
Museum number: 1915,0611.7 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:Robert William Wallis |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Circular Temple at Baalbec. May 5th..1839. The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1889,0603.104 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1840-1849

print

Title: The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1915,0706.1 |
Producer name: BIOG18742 Print made by:Charles Baugniet |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Roman Gateway at Cordova. |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2974 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsBlock cut by:Frederick William Branston |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Grand Gateway of Falkland Palace Scotland Delineated |
Museum number: 1863,0214.1507 |
Producer name: After:David RobertsPrint made by:James Duffield Harding |
Production date: 1847-1854

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6398 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1835-1836

print; book-illustration

Title: Tower of Santa Catalina, Valencia |
Museum number: 1894,0417.228 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Harfield KernotAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6394.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1835-1836

print; book-illustration

Title: Entrance to the chapel of Ferdinand and Isabella. |
Museum number: 1982,U.880 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Frederick William BranstonAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0210.521 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frederick BaconAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1835-1887

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1898,1112.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert William WallisAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Caerlaveroc The Antiquities of Scotland |
Museum number: 1857,0520.401 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Print made by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6420 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1835-1836

print

Title: Petra, March 6th..1839. / Conference at Wady Moosa The Holy Land |
Museum number: 1889,0603.112 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis HagheAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1842

print

Museum number: 1866,1208.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward GoodallAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1810-1866

print; book-illustration

Title: Castle of Hammerstein |
Museum number: 1926,0331.208 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FloydAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1834

print

Title: Icolmkill The Antiquities of Scotland |
Museum number: 1862,1108.634 |
Producer name: BIOG43828 Print made by:David Roberts |
Production date: 1831

print

Title: L'Arene de Taureaux a Séville |
Museum number: 2010,7081.7172 |
Producer name: Print made by:James G S LucasAfter:David Roberts |
Production date: 1820s-1840s |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

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