Location

Country: Jordan
City: Amman
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

Middle East, Jordan

Subjects

topography, rock formation, man, archaeological site

Materials & Techniques

lithograph

Artist

Louis Haghe (1806 - 1885)
David Roberts (1796 - 1864)

Title

Entrance to Petra 1839

Date

1 October 1842

Medium

Lithograph

Acquisition

Purchased from Connoisseur Gallery, February 1985

Inscription

inside image: [left] L Haghe Lith [right] entrance to Petra March [unclear text] 1839 David Roberts

GAC number

16331