The Pantheon, Rome

Location

Country: Italy
City: Rome
Place: British Embassy

David Roberts, son of a shoemaker from Stockbridge, Edinburgh, began his career at the age of ten as an apprentice to a house painter. On completing his apprenticeship he was employed on the decoration of Scone Palace in Perthshire. He later became a scene painter for James Bannister, who ran a circus in Edinburgh, and at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, before moving to London in 1822, where he turned to easel painting. Roberts exhibited at the British Institution, Society of British Artists and Royal Academy. He is best-known for topographical paintings and illustrations resulting from trips to Spain and the Middle East. He died aged 68 at his home in Fitzroy Street, near Tottenham Court Road, London, and is buried at Norwood Cemetery.

Places

Italy, Rome: Pantheon, Rome

Subjects

topography, townscape/cityscape, Italian, man, woman, Roman, public square, monument, house, temple (religious building), fountain

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

David Roberts (1796 - 1864)

Title

The Pantheon, Rome

Date

1853-1854

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 25.00 cm, width: 35.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased fro Appleby Bros., July 1973

Inscription

bl: David Roberts. R.A.

Provenance

With Appleby's, London; from whom purchased by the Department of the Environment in July 1973

GAC number

10667