Antique Print-VIEW-TOLEDO BRIDGE-MADRID-Roberts-Forster-1837

‘Bridge of Toledo Madrid’

colour and crayon style lithograph on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 45,5 x 34 cm. (17,9 x 13,4 inch). Image size: 39,5 x 27,9 cm. (15,6 x 11 inch).

Drom: ‘Picturesque Sketches in Spain’, published in 1837.

Made by ‘A. Forster’ after ‘David Roberts’. David Roberts (1796-1864) a Scottish painter. He is especially known for a great series of detailed prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced during the 1840s from sketches he made during long tours of the region (1838-1840). This work, and his large oil paintings of similar subjects, made him a prominent Orientalist painter. He was elected as a Royal Academician in 1841.

Condition: Good, given age. Light soiling and creasing. Some remains of tape on rear from previous attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: VIEW-TOLEDO BRIDGE-MADRID

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