Born into difficult economic circumstances, David Roberts began painting surfaces at the age of eight. By imitating wood and marble, David contributed to the Roberts family's household income. Roberts began an apprenticeship with a decoration painter, left his Scottish homeland and made a name for himself as a painter of stage decorations. David had already made it into the best theatre houses in London when he exhibited his first oil painting in 1824.
Roberts first attracted great attention with the painting "The Interior of Rouen Cathedral". The talent David revealed with this painting induced him to dedicate himself to studio painting. Private commissions enabled David Roberts to pursue his second passion, travelling. He was regularly drawn back to Scotland, but he also visited Germany, the Netherlands and France on his way to the Orient.
Roberts processes the impressions of his travels in his most important works. "The Temple of Isis on the Island of Philes" shows the impressive architecture of the building and is a testimony to Egyptian culture. David Roberts regularly presented his travel sketches not only as illustrations, he also wrote a text about what he had experienced and thus became the author of a series of impressive travel guides. A crowning conclusion of his journey was a trip on the Nile. Robert's talent for landscape painting is clearly shown in the painting "Approaching Sandstorm in Giza".
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.jpg "View under the Grand Portico, Philae, from Egypt and Nubia, Vol.1 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Petra, March 7th 1839, Plate 92 from Volume III of")
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.jpg "Hall of Columns, Karnak, Egypt by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Grand Portico of the Temple of Philae, Nubia, from")
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.jpg "El Deir, Petra, March 8th 1839, plate 90 from Volume III of")
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.jpg "Front Elevation of the Great Temple of Aboo Simbel, Nubia, from")
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.jpg "Convent of St. Catherine with Mount Horeb, February 19th 1839, plate 118 from Volume III of")
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.jpg "Excavated Temple of Abu Simbel, from Egypt and Nubia, Vol.1 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Entrance to Petra, March 10th 1839, Plate 98 from Volume III of")
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.jpg "The Sphinx at Giza by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Mosque of Omar Showing the Site of the Temple, Plate 8 from Volume I of")
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.jpg "Jerusalem, April 9th 1839, plate 16 from Volume I of")
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.jpg "The Damascus Gate, Jerusalem by David Roberts")
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.jpg "The Citadel of Cairo, Residence of Mehmet Ali, from Egypt and Nubia, Vol.3, 1838 by David Roberts")
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_publ_-_(MeisterDrucke-87770).jpg "Temple of Horus, Edfu, from")
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.jpg "The Great Temple of Amon Karnak, The Hypostyle Hall by David Roberts")
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.jpg "The Pyramids of Giza, from Egypt and Nubia, Vol.1 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Excavated Temple of Gyrshe, Nubia by David Roberts")
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.jpg "The Hypaethral Temple at Philae, Called the Bed of Pharaoh, Egypt by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Triumphal Arch Crossing the Ravine Leading to Petra, Plate 95 from Volume III of")
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.jpg "Pyramids of Geezeh - in")
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.jpg "Shrine of the Holy Sepulchre, April 10th 1839, plate 14 from Volume I of")
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.jpg "Giant Limestone Statues of Rameses II, Temple of Rameses, Abu Simbel, Egypt by David Roberts")
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.jpg "The Hypaethral Temple at Philae, called the Bed of Pharaoh, engraved by Louis Haghe by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Baalbek Gate in Lebanon, drawing made on 07/05/1839 in")
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.jpg "The Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Excavated Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "El Deir Petra by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Bethlehem by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Interior of the Temple of Aboo Simbel, from")
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.jpg "The Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Obelisk at Alexandria, commonly called Cleopatra")
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.jpg "View from under the Portico of Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt, plate 32 from Volume I of Egypt and Nubia, engraved by Louis Haghe by David Roberts")
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.jpg "The Colossi of Memnon, at Thebes, during the Inundation, from Egypt and Nubia, Vol.1 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "The Hypaethral Temple at Philae, called the Bed of Pharaoh, plate 65 from volume II of")
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.jpg "From Under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Citadel of Jerusalem, Without the Walls, Tower of David by David Roberts")
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.jpg "General View of the Ruins of Luxor from the Nile, from Egypt and Nubia, Vol.1 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Greek Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, April 11th 1839, plate 4 from Volume I of")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1111372).jpg "View on the Nile, ferry to Giza, from")
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.jpg "Entrance to Petra, Jordan by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Facade of the Temple of Hathor, Dendarah, from")
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.jpg "Ascent of the Lower Range of Sinai, February 18th 1839, Plate 114 from Volume III of")
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.jpg "The Minaret of the Mosque of El Rhamree, Cairo, from Egypt and Nubia, Vol.3 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Temple of Edfu, Ancient Apollinopolis, Upper Egypt, from Egypt and Nubia, Vol.1 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Rome, twilight, view from the Convent of San Onofrio on Mount Janiculum by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Grand Approach to the Temple of Philae, Nubia, 19th century by David Roberts")
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.jpg "View of the Ruins of Petra, Jordan by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Convent of the Terra Santa, Nazareth, April 21st 1839, plate 30 from Volume I of")
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.jpg "Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Obelisk at Temple at Luxor, engraving by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt by David Roberts")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1019802).jpg "Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel, from")
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.jpg "Shrine of the Annunciation, Nazareth, April 20th 1839, plate 31 from Volume I of")
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.jpg "The Giralda, Seville, from")
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.jpg "Procession in Seville Cathedral by David Roberts")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-102073).jpg "Frontispiece to")
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.jpg "City of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee, April 22nd 1839, plate 38 from Volume I of")
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.jpg "Alcazar, Segovia, Spain, 1836 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Jaffa, Ancient Joppa, April 16th 1839, Plate 61 from Volume II of")
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.jpg "Jerusalem from the South, 1839 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "The Giralda, Seville by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem by David Roberts")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-569419).jpg "West Porch of Roslyn Chapel by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Karnac, 27th November 1838 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Malaga by David Roberts")
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.jpg "The Temple of Edfu, engraving by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Burgos Cathedral by David Roberts")
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.jpg "The Hypaethral Temple at Philae, called the Bed of Pharaoh - in")
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.jpg "Jerusalem from the North by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Lower Pool of Siloam, Valley of Jehoshaphat by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Philae: A View of the Temples from the South by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Entrance to the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Thebes, December 4th 1838 (detail) by David Roberts")
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.jpg "North Gate, Chester by David Roberts")
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_published_-_(MeisterDrucke-110469).jpg "Jordan Valley, from Volume II of")
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.jpg "The Plain of El Raheh, Mount Sinai by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Oberwesel on the Rhine by David Roberts")
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.jpg "View of St. Peters, Rome by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Interior of the Temple at Esna, Upper Egypt, from")
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.jpg "From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Portico of the Temple of Kalabsha, Nubia by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Tomb of Sultan Qansuh Abu Sa")
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.jpg "Circular Temple at Baalbec by David Roberts")
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.jpg "The Palazzo dei Priori, Volterra by David Roberts")
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.jpg "View on the Nile Looking Towards the Pyramids of Dahshur and Saqqarah, from Egypt and Nubia, Vol.1 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Grand Entrance to the Temple of Luxor, from Egypt and Nubia, Vol.1 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Hebron, 18th March 1839 from Volume II of")
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.jpg "The Temple of Baalbek by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Descent from the Valley of the Jordan by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Gebil Hor. Mount Hor, from the Cliffs Encircling Petra by David Roberts")
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.jpg "In the Holy Land: Jerusalem, Seen from the South with Landscape of the Desert of Judah by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Sea of Galilee or Genezareth, Looking Towards Bashan, April 21st 1839, Plate 36 from Volume I of")
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.jpg "Seville by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Fragments of the Great Colossus, at the Memnonium, Thebes, 1937 BC by David Roberts")
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.jpg "The Naval College from the River at Greenwich by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Convent of St. Saba, April 1839 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Edinburgh from the Castle, 1847 by David Roberts")
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.jpg "Linlithgow Palace Courtyard, West Lothian by David Roberts")
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