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Attributed to David Roberts
1796-1864
An Entranceway at Karnak
Watercolor, brush and brown ink, over black chalk with scraping, on cream-colored wove paper.
19 15/16 x 14 1/8 inches (507 x 358 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Vincent Astor.
1977.24
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Signed and dated at lower center in pen and black ink, "David Roberts. R.A. 1864".
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Stephen Spector.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 288.
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Watermark: fragment with letter N.
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