Description
Signed and dated 1863, oil on canvas
Dimensions
50cm x 75cm (20cm x 30in)
Footnote
Provenance:Painted for Ernest Gambart
John Guest, Christie's, London, 6 June 1863, lot.155
A. Grant, Christie's, London, 14 November 1863, lot 61
Jose de Murietta, Christie's, London, 23 May, lot 277
McLean, Christie's, London, 21 February 1874, lot 176
John Graham of Skelmorlie, Christie's, London, 30 April 1887, lot 24
Frederick Nettleford, Christie's, London, 5 June 1913, lot 135
A.Coulter, Christie's, London, 28 January 1955, lot183
Literature:Robert's Record Book (no.242)
Letter from Roberts to Col.McNeven, 19 November 1862
J.Ballantine, The Life of David Roberts, Edinburgh 1866, no.266, p.215
Art Journal 1874, p.120 and 1887, p.338
Note:A companion picture Edinburgh from Calton Hill looking West was also painted for Gambart and is now in the collection of the Guildhall Art Gallery, Corporation of the City of London.