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David Roberts, RA (British, 1796-1864) A view of Antwerp image 1
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Lot 33*

David Roberts, RA
(British, 1796-1864)
A view of Antwerp

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27 September 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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David Roberts, RA (British, 1796-1864)

A view of Antwerp
signed and dated 'David Roberts. R.A. 1852' (lower left)
oil on canvas
143.2 x 104.2cm (56 3/8 x 41in).

Footnotes

Exhibited
(Probably) London, Royal Academy, 1852, no. 69, as Antwerp.

Literature
Helen Guiterman & Briony Llewellyn, David Roberts, Oxford, 1986, p. 106.

The present work is listed as one of 5 views of the exterior of Antwerp cathedral painted variously between 1827 and 1860. The four other versions are in museum collections: Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico (1827); Cooper Art Gallery, Barnsley (1829); Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston (1847); and Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London (1860).

Saleroom notices

Please note some additional information regarding this lot. Provenance Painted for Thomas Cubitt; by descent; sold Roland Cubitt, Christie's London 7 Nov 1947, lot 33 as 'Antwerp', 54 x 40 in, exhibited RA 1852, bt Collett; sold Sotheby's London 29 July 1953, lot 117 as 'View of Antwerp Cathedral with shipping on the river', 55 x 40 in, signed and dated 1852, bt H. Hammerman. Exhibited London, Royal Academy, 1852, no. 59, as 'Antwerp'. (Possibly) Manchester, Royal Manchester Institution, 1852, no. 186, as 'Antwerp'. Literature References: Roberts's Record Books no. 156; letter from Roberts to David Ramsay Hay, 13 April 1852; Art Journal 1852, p. 166; Athenaeum, 1852, pp. 519-20; Illustrated London News, 1852, p. 421; James Ballantine, The Life of David Roberts, R. A., Edinburgh, 1866, no. 174 and p. 174. We are grateful to Krystyna Matyjaszkiewicz for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.

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