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David Roberts, R.A. (Edinburgh 1796-1864 London)
Lot 245The Property of the late Mr. Anthony Hobson

David Roberts, R.A. (Edinburgh 1796-1864 London)

View of Puente Nuevo, Ronda with figures

Fermé9 December 2015

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David Roberts, R.A. (Edinburgh 1796-1864 London)
View of Puente Nuevo, Ronda with figures
signed and dated 'D.Roberts . 1834' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour with scratching out
12 ½ x 8 ¾ in. (31.8 x 22.3 cm.)

H.J. Towlson; Sotheby's, London, 20 November 1969, lot 77, (£280 to Colnaghi's on behalf of the previous owner).

Note du spécialiste

Roberts visited Ronda on his way from Malaga to Gibraltar. In a letter to his friend David Ramsay Hay, written from Gibraltar on 22nd April 1833 (National Library of Scotland), he mentioned 'a very interesting journey I had from Malaga across the Mountains of Ronda, the situation of which Mountain town is one of the Most extraordinary of Spain if not in the world'.

Roberts made several on-the-spot studies of Ronda: one was sold in these Rooms 2 July 2013, lot 84, and another view of the hilltop town is in the Huntingdon Library & Art Gallery, San Marino, California.