Oriental Scene

David Roberts British, Scottish

1838

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Title: Oriental Scene
Artist: David Roberts (British, Stockbridge, Scotland 1796–1864 London)
Date: 1838
Medium: Watercolor over traces of graphite on cardboard
Dimensions: sheet: 12 3/16 x 9 1/16 in. (31 x 23 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1964
Object Number: 64.52
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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