David Roberts was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that
Roberts in 1844 by Hill & Adamson
Duncan's Land, Stockbridge, Edinburgh
Roberts in 1842
Portrait of David Roberts, by Ernest Edwards, c. 1863
The Departure of the Israelites is an oil on canvas historical landscape painting by the British artist David Roberts, from 1829. It is held at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
David Roberts (painter)
…making several paintings of the same scene with only minor variations. By 1829 he was working full-time as a fine artist. That year, he exhibited The Departure of the Israelites, in which his style first became apparent. In 1831, the Society of British Artists elected him as their president. In 1832 he traveled in Spain and…
David Roberts Israelites Leaving Egypt 1828
Robert Scott Lauder David Roberts, 1796 1864. Artist PG 2466 National Galleries of Scotland