David Roberts
Design for the Competition for the Scott Monument, Edinburgh
About this artwork
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artist:David Roberts (1796 - 1864) Scottish
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title:Design for the Competition for the Scott Monument, Edinburgh
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Brown and grey ink, brown wash and watercolour, with white heightening, on paper
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measurements:63.80 x 43.30 cm
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object type:
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credit line:William Finlay Watson Bequest 1881
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accession number:D 2716
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David Roberts
David Roberts
Roberts' international renown as a landscape painter developed from the lithographs published after his watercolours, inspired by his travels in Europe and the Middle East. He appears in eastern dress in Robert Scott Lauder's splendid portrait of him in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery....