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| BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID ROBERTS |
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David Roberts was a Scottish topographical painter, sometimes called "the Scottish Canaletto". The son of a shoemaker, his career moved from house painting to scene design where he won fame for his imaginative and ambitious panoramas and sets. Roberts abandoned scenery painting when his work was accepted for exhibition at the Royal Academy and subsequently London galleries.
In 1831 Roberts began to travel extensively on the Continent. Over the years he spent considerable time in France, Spain, Morroco, Italy, Egypt and the Holy Land where he sketched the architecture and landscapes on the spot, completing the work upon his return to London. The results of these travels produced some of the most impressive and detailed watercolors, drawings, lithographs and paintings of the nineteenth century.
Roberts is perhaps best remembered for his lithographic studies of the Holy Land and Egypt. His drawings were produced by Louis Hague with painstaking care and published in separate parts by F. G. Moon over a period of years. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, & Arabia appeared between 1842-1849. Egypt & Nubia was published between 1846-1849.
The first edition was printed in three colors with titles and dates transcribed from Roberts journals. The Subscription edition was published at the same time but without titles. A quarto edition was published by Day & Son between 1855-1856. Later editions, of inferior quality, wewre published by Cassell, Peter, and Galpin & Co. between 1879-1884
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