View of Jaffa, looking north

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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 26^th / 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

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 June 1969, lot 167 (420 gns to Manning Gallery).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 June 1982, lot 139 (£2,800).
with Mathaf Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 April 1996, lot 93, when acquired by the present owner.

Engraved

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

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Roberts was at Jaffa from 25 to 27 March 1839. A second watercolour, Jaffa looking south, was also dated 26 March and lithographed as pl. 2 of vol. II of The Holy Land. The accompanying note remarks that 'Here Noah is said to have built the Ark! - here Andromeda to have been exposed to the Sea-Monster...'.

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