Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864
Person
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
43 letters addressed to David Roberts.
File
Identifier: Acc.11760
Scope and Contents
Addressed to Roberts in London, Spain, Egypt and India by correspondents in Scotland and Spain concerning artistic and social matters.
Dates:
1831-1843.
Correspondence of David Roberts.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.8729
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include David Ramsay Hay, Edward Finden and John G Kinnear.
Dates:
1828-1858.
Four letters of Daniel Maclise to David Roberts.
File
Identifier: Acc.9728
Dates:
1857-1863 and undated.
Journals and correspondence of and concerning David Roberts.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7723
Scope and Contents
Comprising:1. Eastern journal, 1838-1839, of Roberts, in two volumes ("Egypt" and "Syria"), in the hand of his daughter, Christine Bicknell2. "The Roberts Festival", 1842, album containing press cuttings, reports and correspondence with or concerning Roberts3. Family correspondence, 1836-1863, of Roberts, including 60 letters to Christine and Henry Bicknell4. Draft essay, 1851, on the Royal Academy of Arts, and a page of notes, 1862, on...
Dates:
1836-1863 and undated.
Letter of Alexander Nasmyth to David Roberts.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12447
Scope and Contents
The letter concerns a sketch of Niddry castle, the writer`s vignettes for the Waverley Novels, his children and the Reform Bill.
Dates:
1831.
Letter of David Ramsay Hay to David Roberts.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10970
Scope and Contents
Concerns artists and artistic matters and mentions the portrait of Roberts [by Robert Scott Lauder].
Dates:
1840.
Letter of David Ramsay Hay to David Roberts.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11381
Scope and Contents
Concerns personal and artistic matters.
Dates:
1845.
Letter of Samuel Prout to David Roberts.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12122
Scope and Contents
Prout requests the loan of a painting and discusses the production of Roberts` painting, "Holy Land".
Dates:
1840.
Letter of Sir Daniel Macnee to David Roberts.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11573
Scope and Contents
Concerns pictures submitted to the Royal Academy and picture dealers.
Dates:
1860.
Letter of Thomas Rickman, architect, to David Roberts enquiring whether he had been paid for a proposed design for the Scott Monument in Edinburgh.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12611
Dates:
1836.
Letter of William Henry Playfair to David Roberts asking him to colour two architectural drawings.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12612
Dates:
1838.
Letters, 1832-1855, of David Roberts to John Murray II and to John Murray III.Also included are : (i) a draft of a letter, 1839, of John Murray II to Roberts; and, (ii) photocopies of typescript transcriptions, late 20th century, of letters, 1840-1853, of John Murray III to Roberts., 1832-1855, late 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42530
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, late 20th century.
Letters and papers of, to and concerning David Roberts, including what is believed to be his last letter.
File
Identifier: Acc.13281
Dates:
1847-1864.
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.
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.
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 Thomas Cooper Vander Hurst to David Roberts.
File
Identifier: Acc.9619
Scope and Contents
Concerning Egypt and Turkey.
Dates:
1840.
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.
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- Letters. Correspondence. 18
- Correspondence. 2
- Egypt. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 30.0000. Latitude: 27.0000. 2
- Albums. 1
- Drafts. Documents. 1
- Drawings. Visual works. 1
- Essays. 1
- India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 1
- Notes. 1
- Photocopies. 1
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 1
- Reports 1
- Spain. Europe. Nation. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 40.0000. 1
- Transcripts 1
- Travel journals 1
- Turkey. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 35.0000. Latitude: 39.0000. 1
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