David Roberts Works Online
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Original works by David Roberts available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, UK
St Catherine's Convent, Mount Sinai, Holy Land, watercolour, 1839
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery, UK
The Departure of the Israelites
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Many works online
Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, UK
The Doge's Palace, Venice, from the Bacino di San Marco, 1853
David Roberts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
2 works online
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 
David Roberts at the Prado Museum, Madrid
The Torre de Oro, 1833
Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London, UK
The Royal Collection, London, UK
(Zoomable - look for the magnifying glass and the text "Magnify image")
United Kingdom Parliament, London
The New Palace of Westminster
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, Scotland
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia
4 works online
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick
Brooklyn Museum, New York City
The Houses of Parliament from Millbank, 1861
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
2 works by or related to the artist
Dahesh Museum, New York City (Zoomable)
The Houses of Parliament
Denver Art Museum / Berger Collection, Colorado
14 works online
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Manchester City Art Gallery, UK
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
2 works online
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK
Greenwich Hospital from the Thames, ca.1860
Norwich Museums, England
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City
3 works online
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter, England
2 prints online
Southampton City Art Gallery, England
Tate Gallery, London, UK
The Huntington Library, California
The Wallace Collection, London, UK
6 paintings online
Tyne & Wear Museums, England
3 works online
Tyne & Wear Museums Database, England
2 works online
Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue, London, UK
Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
D'Outre Manche Database of British Art in French Public Collections
Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French) 
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
David Roberts in the Art Renewal Center
David Roberts at The Athenaeum 
5 works online
David Roberts in the Web Gallery of Art
Wikimedia Commons Image Database
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)
(a welcome screen is displayed for a couple of seconds before the search results appear)
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
University of Michigan SILS Art Image Browser
Additional Image Search Tools: NEW!
(SafeSearch set to "strict"; go to Advanced Search (Flickr/Google) or Preferences (Bing) to change)
Miscellaneous Sites:
Andrew Clayton-Payne Gallery, London, UK -- Notable past sales
Cairo
Arabic Culture Page
The Damascus Gate
Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries, London, UK
Archive of past displayed works which are "sold" or "not for sale"
The Victorian Web
UK Government Art Collection
Articles and Reference Sites:
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt) 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Art + Auction Magazine
Tombs of the Kalifs, Cairo
Gibbon Art Blog
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
| Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon. | |
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Iceland: Land of the Sagas
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The Holy Land I Love
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