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David Roberts (1796-1864)
A View of Toledo and the River Tagus Signed and dated 1841
Oil on panel | 25 x 36.45 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405042
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Queen Victoria had admired paintings by Roberts at the Royal Academy exhibition in 1840 and subsequently commissioned this painting. Roberts had visited Spain in 1832-3 but never went to Toledo. The material for the drawing of the subject for the oil painting had been collected by Edmund Head, later Governor of Canada, who had been in Spain with the artist. The scene depicts the Alcantara Bridge over the river Tagus.
Signed and dated: David Roberts. 1841. Inscribed on the back as painted for Queen Victoria in May 1841.Provenance
Given to Prince Albert by Queen Victoria on her birthday, 24th May 1841 [Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010, pg 460]
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Medium and techniques
Oil on panel
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25 x 36.45 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
43.4 x 54.4 x 6.0 cm (frame, external)
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