David Roberts, Esq., R.A., from "Illustrated News of the World"

Photographer After John and Charles Watkins British

Sitter David Roberts British, Scottish

1850–60

Not on view

The Scottish artist is portrayed here seated on a chair with his hands in his lap. The print was part of a series issued as supplements to the "Illustrated News of the World." Soon afterward, the London Joint Stock Newspaper Company published the series as a book titled "The Drawing-Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages, With Memoirs by the Most Able Authors" (1859).

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Provenance

Title: David Roberts, Esq., R.A., from "Illustrated News of the World"
Series/Portfolio: The Drawing Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages
Engraver: Daniel John Pound (British, 1820–1894)
Photographer: After John and Charles Watkins (British, active 1867–71)
Sitter: David Roberts (British, Stockbridge, Scotland 1796–1864 London)
Date: 1850–60
Medium: Engraving after a photograph
Dimensions: Image: 8 7/16 × 6 3/4 in. (21.5 × 17.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 9/16 × 11 1/4 in. (37 × 28.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.756-684
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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