The Property of the Downside Abbey General Trust
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The Property of the Downside Abbey General Trust
DAVID ROBERTS, R.A.
Edinburgh 1796 - 1864 London
THE MOORISH TOWER AT SEVILLE, CALLED THE GIRALDA
oil on canvas
unframed: 196.5 x 136.4 cm.; 77½ x 53¾ in.
framed: 212 x 152 cm.; 83½ x 59¾ in.
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Bought from the artist in 1834 by George Goodin Barret♛t (1792–1854) for £115.10;
By whom sold, London, Christie’s, 23ꦏ February 1839, lot 119, t♓o Hodgson;
Richard Hodgson, FRAS, FRMS (1804–1872);
By whom sold⛦, London, Christie’s, 20 April 1844, lot 43, to Cres🐟wick;
Lewis Loyd (1811–1891),🃏 Monks Orchard, Beckenham, Ke♛nt, by 1852;
By descent to Captain E.N.F. Loyd,🐟 Shaw Hill, Melksham, Wiltshire;
His sale, London, Christie’s, 30 April 1937, lot 79, to Baཧird for £25.4;
Mrs Innes Moore, 15 Royal Crescent, Bath;
By whom gifted to the Abbot of Downside, circa 1949.
David Roberts’ Record Books, 1821–1864, Yale Center fo🍌r British Art, num💙ber 58;
The Athenaeum, 1834, pp. 227 and 258;
Literary Gazette, 19 March 1834, p. 227;
The Times, 24 March 1834, p. 5;
The Athenaeum, 1857, p. 566;
Art Journal, 1858, p. 202;
J. Ballantine, The Life of David Roberts R.A., Edinburgh 1866, pp. 61, 69, 74 and 248, cat. ꦓno. 67;
H. Guiterman et al., Artist Adventurer. David Roberts 1796–1864, Scottish Arts Cou❀ncil, exh. cat., Ed𝓡inburgh 1981, p. 19, reproduced;
K. Sim, David Roberts R.A., London 1984, pp. 97, 99 and 101–2;
H. Guiterman and B. Llewellyn, David Roberts, exh. cat., Oxford 1986, p. 111, cat. no. 104, reproduced in col𝔉o🐠ur p. 46, pl. 38;
F. Calvo Serraller and J. Portus, Iconografia de Sevilla, 1790–1868, vol. III, Madrid 1991.
London, Society of British Artists,𓄧 1834, no. 162;
Birmingham, 1834;
Manchester, Royal Institution, 1841, no. 87;
Manchester, Art Treasures of Great Britain, 1857, no. 536;
Birmingham, City Museum and Art Gallery, Scottish Arts Council, 21 June – 26 July 1981; London, Fine Art Society, 3 August – 26 August 1981; Glasgow, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, 9 September – 3 October 1981; Dundee, City Museum and Art Gallery, 17 October – 14 November 1981; and Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Art Centre, 12 December – 9 January 1982, Artist Adventurer, David Roberts 1796–1864, no. 1;
London, Barbican Art Gallery, David Roberts, 6 November 1986 – 4 January 1987, no. 104.