Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864
Person
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to, and papers of and concerning, David Roberts.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12158
Scope and Contents
Included in the papers are many official, personal and artistic contacts in France and Spain.
Dates:
1832-1843.
Lists compiled by David Roberts of subjects for drawings for inclusion in a work on Palestine, Idumea and Sinai. With the lists is a sketch by Roberts of the temple of Kalábshe, Nubia., ? 1839.
File
Identifier: MS.42531
Scope and Contents
Folios 1-2 : "List of subjects for a work on Palestine", ?1839;folios 3-4 : list of subjects, ?1839, "Idumea";folios 5-6 : list of subjects, 1839 : Suez and the Red Sea; Sinai; Petra; and,folio 7 : pen and ink sketch, "General View of the Temple of Kalábshe, Nubia", with notes concerning the temple.The lists of subjects would appear to relate to the publication, "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" : a series of lithographs...
Dates:
? 1839.
Papers of and concerning David Roberts., 1832-1855.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42530-42531
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1832-1855.
Sketch, 1831, by David Roberts of his design for a new drop scene for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
File
Identifier: Acc.10170
Scope and Contents
With a letter, 1863, of Roberts to a Mrs Jones.
Dates:
1831-1863.
Three letters of David Roberts.
File
Identifier: Acc.10171
Scope and Contents
Includes letter to Henry Bicknell concerning theatrical drawings.
With letter, 1853, of Solomon Hart to Roberts, mentioning Roberts` architectural paintings.
Dates:
1849-1861.
Three letters of David Roberts.
File
Identifier: Acc.10722
Scope and Contents
On artistic and social matters.
Dates:
1858 and undated.
Two letters, 1859 and undated, of David Roberts to Mr Bicknell and Sir Charles Eastlake.
File
Identifier: Acc.8195
Scope and Contents
With a letter, undated, of Sarah Otway-Cave to Roberts.
Dates:
1859 and undated.
Two letters of David Roberts to Richard Ford.
File
Identifier: Acc.11819
Scope and Contents
Roberts solicits Ford`s help to artists visiting Spain or working on pictures of Spanish subjects.
Dates:
1850-1853.
Two letters of David Roberts to William Bright and John Turmeau.
File
Identifier: Acc.7630
Scope and Contents
Concerning one of his own Spanish sketches and on social matters.
Dates:
1835-1836.
Typed transcript of a letter of David Roberts to Wentworth Dilke.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11710
Dates:
1851.
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- Archival Object 3
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- Letters. Correspondence. 31
- Correspondence. 2
- Drawings. Visual works. 2
- Palestine. Middle East. Historical region. Longitude: 35.3333. Latitude: 31.9167. 2
- Transcripts 2
- Travel journals 2
- Typescripts. 2
- Albums. 1
- Diaries. 1
- Drafts. Documents. 1
- Essays. 1
- Germany. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 10.5000. Latitude: 51.5000. 1
- Lists. 1
- Manuscripts. 1
- Notes. 1
- Nubia. Africa. General region. Longitude: 34.0000. Latitude: 22.0000. 1
- Photocopies. 1
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 1
- Reports 1
- Rome. Europe - Italy - Lazio - Roma. Inhabited place. Longitude: 12.5000. Latitude: 41.8833. 1
- Sinai. Africa - Egypt. Peninsula. Longitude: 34.0000. Latitude: 29.5000. 1
- Sketches 1
- Spain. Europe. Nation. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 40.0000. 1
- Syria. Asia - Syria. nation. Longitude: 38.0000. Latitude: 35.0000. 1 + ∧ less
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