Attributed to David Roberts

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1796-1864

An Entranceway at Karnak

1864

Watercolor, brush and brown ink, over black chalk with scraping, on cream-colored wove paper.

19 15/16 x 14 1/8 inches (507 x 358 mm)

Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Vincent Astor.

1977.24

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Watermark: fragment with letter N.

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Signed and dated at lower center in pen and black ink, "David Roberts. R.A. 1864".

Provenance:

Stephen Spector.

Associated names:

Spector, Stephen, 1946-, former owner.
Astor, Vincent, Mrs., donor.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 288.

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