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| | Encyclopedia: David Roberts |
 | | David Roberts ( October 24, 1796- November 25, 1864), Scottish painter, was born at Stockbridge, Edinburgh. |
 | | In 1851, and again in 1853, Roberts visited Italy, painting the "Ducal Palace, Venice", bought by Lord Londesborough, the "Interior of the Basilica of St Peters, Rome, Christmas Day, 1853", and "Rome from the Convent of St Onofrio", presented to the Royal Scottish Academy. |
 | | His "Interior of Seville Cathedral" was exhibited in the British Institution in 1834, and sold for 300; and he executed a fine series of Spanish illustrations for the Landscape Annual of 1836, while in 1837 a selection of his Picturesque Sketches in Spain was reproduced by lithography. |
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