David Roberts
Lucerne
About this artwork
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artist:David Roberts (1796 - 1864) Scottish
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title:Lucerne
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date created:1851
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materials:Watercolour and gouache over pencil on paper (2 sheets from a sketchbook)
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measurements:12.06 x 34.29 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by Helen Guiterman through Art Fund, 2008
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accession number:D 5630.10
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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....
