David Roberts

(1796-1864)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Roberts, David, 1796-1864 NRA: Roberts David (1796-1864) painter DNB: Roberts, David (1796-1864), artist LBT ID: DaRober1864 VIAF ID: 32031417 LOC ID: n81126903	B/BAP: 1796-10-24 DIED: 1864-11-25
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Scottish-born artist employed as a scene-painter before travelling in the Middle-East and exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1826.
REFERENCES TO David Roberts: Alaric Alexander Watts to Frances Hogson, [1826?] in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ John Gibson Lockhart to John Wilson, 9 May 1851 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 18: Literary List Found 1: ¶ 7 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter III Found 1: ¶ 20 Chapter VI Found 1: ¶ 11 James Thomas Hodgson, Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter XIX. 1827-1830 Found 1: ¶ Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 20: 1826-52