David Roberts
32 x 43 cm
After a brief career as a
housepainter in Perth, David Roberts the son of a cobbler began work in 1816 as
a scenery painter with Mr Bannister’s Touring Circus and Theatrical
Company. He later went on to become one of the most celebrated topographical
artists of his time, renowned for his dramatic views of Egypt and the Near
East.
At the start of his career in 1824, Roberts exhibited for the first time at the
British Institution in London. That same year, he helped
found the Society of British Artists and began travelling throughout Europe. During his travels he made numerous drawings during a trip to Spain, a
little-known country in Britain. These early views were published later as Roberts’s
fame ascended and demonstrate the early intimations of a great artist, one whom
would set a standard for topographical illustration that
remains unchallenged to this day.
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