David Roberts (painter)
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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 Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia is a travelogue of Palestine and the wider Middle East, and the magnum opus of Scottish painter David Roberts. It contains 250 lithographs by Lou
David Roberts (painter)
…David Roberts (24 October 1796 – 25 November 1864) 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 he produced from sketches he made during long tours of the region…
Volume 1, plate 4: "Greek Church of the Holy Sepulchre"
Portrait of David Roberts by Robert Scott Lauder, 1840
2. Entrance to the Holy Sepulchre
3. Damascus Gate