British soldiers before the tower of the old Moorish citadel in Gibraltar

Details

DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. (EDINBURGH 1796-1864 LONDON)
British soldiers before the tower of the old Moorish citadel in Gibraltar
signed and dated 'David Roberts. 1833' (lower left) and inscribed and dated 'Moorish tower April 13^th 1833' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour on blue/grey paper
13 ¼ x 9 ¼ in. (34 x 23.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Walker's Galleries, London, 1960, from where purchased by
Michael Ingram (his collectors mark, not in Lugt) (†); Sotheby's, London, 8 December 2005, lot 233, where purchased for the present collection.

Exhibited

Winchester, Winchester College, June 1963.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Roberts visited Gibraltar in the Spring of 1833, on his way to Spain. He then travelled to Morocco, Cadiz and Jerez before finally settling in Seville, where he spent five months.
We are grateful to Krystyna Matyjaszkiewicz for her assistance with cataloguing this lot.

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