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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, BRISBANE

David Roberts
1796-1864

PERSIAN WATER-WHEEL, USED FOR IRRIGATION IN NUBIA 1847

Estimate $15,000 – $20,000

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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, BRISBANE

David Roberts

1796-1864
PERSIAN WATER-WHEEL, USED FOR IRRIGATION IN NUBIA 1847

pencil and watercolour, heightened with white
signed and dated 'David Roberts R.A. 1847.' centre right
35 X 24.6CM

Provenance

Private Collection, East Africa
Muter & Oswald Auctioneers, Nairobi, Kenya
Private Collection, Nairobi
By descent
Private Collection, Brisbane

Literature

Egypt and Nubia: from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. with historical descriptions, by William Brockedon, F.R.S. Lithographed by Louis Haghe (6 vols), F.G. Moon, London, 1859, Vol. II, n.p. (illustrated)

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Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design

AU0778  |  18 Jun 2013  |  Melbourne
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