DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. (EDINBURGH 1796-1864 LONDON)

Lot 270
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Lot 270 | DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. (EDINBURGH 1796-1864 LONDON)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. (EDINBURGH 1796-1864 LONDON)
View of Jaffa, looking north
signed and dated 'David Roberts 1839.' (lower left) inscribed and further dated 'Jaffa March 26th / 1839' (lower left) and numbered '23' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour on blue paper
9 ½ x 13 ½ in. (24 x 34.2 cm.)




Provenance

with Mathaf Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 June 1969, lot 167 (sold 420 gns to Manning Gallery).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 June1982, lot 139 (sold £2,800).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 April 1996, lot 93, when acquired by the present owner.



Engraved

L. Hague, lithograph, 1843, for D. Roberts, The Holy Land, 1842-49, vol. II, pl. 62.



Further details

The sheet is not laid down, but attached to the mount at the edges. The sheet is in good overall condition and the colours are strong and fresh. The watercolour could be hung without further attention.
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