Entrance to Madrid: The Gate of Alcala

David Roberts (1796 - 1864)

Colour lithograph

published 1837
  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Spain
    City: Madrid
    Place: British Embassy
  • About the artist
    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.
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  • Details
    Title
    Entrance to Madrid: The Gate of Alcala
    Date
    published 1837
    Medium
    Colour lithograph
    Dimensions
    height: 36.50 cm, width: 53.40 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Baynton-Williams, February 1975
    GAC number
    11812