David Roberts, R.A. (1796-1864)

A General View of the Ruins of Luxor, from the Nile

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David Roberts, R.A. (1796-1864)
A General View of the Ruins of Luxor, from the Nile
signed, inscribed and dated 'General View of the Ruins of Luxor, Upper Egypt. David Roberts R.A. 1843.' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on buff paper
12¾ x 19¼in. (32.4 x 48.9cm.)

Provenance

R. Brocklebank; Christie's London, 7 July 1922, lot 22 (265gns. to Brocklebank).
Sir Edmund Brocklebank and thence by descent.

Exhibited

London, 47 Victoria Street, Franco-British Exhibition, 1908, no.501.
Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery, Special Loans Exhibition of Selected Pictures by Distinguished Scottish Artists, 1908-9, no.83.

Engraved

L. Haghe, lithograph, 1846, for D. Roberts, Egypt and Nubia, 1846-9, Vol.I, pl.16.

Lot Essay

The lithograph, identical to this watercolour in composition, is dated '1838', presumably the date of Roberts' original on-the-spot drawing, perhaps the variant also included in this sale (lot 94) which is taken from a viewpoint slightly further away from the Temple. This watercolour was one of the series executed after the originals specifically for Louis Haghe's lithographs. It shows the temple dedicated to Amon, his wife Mut and his son Khons, mainly built under Amenophis III of the 18th Dynasty.
We are grateful to Briony Llewellyn for her help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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