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Later celebrated for his topographical landscapes of the Middle East, David Roberts’s first extended trip abroad was in 1832 when he traveled through France to Spain over a period of 10 months. This watercolor records a scene from Roberts’s journey from Madrid to Andalusia. He described the trip in a letter to his sister: "I jogged on a considerable part of the way on foot, happy and contented. Granada is in the most beautiful situation that can be imagined. It lies at the foot of a ridge of high mountains, called the Sierra Nevada, or the Mountains of Snow." Replete with burdened mules, a lone figure on foot, and sun-drenched mountains with a view of Granada in the distance, this watercolor vividly illustrates the artist’s recollections.
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119728
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Descent into the Plain of Granada
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drawing
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119728
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drawing
title
Descent into the Plain of Granada
description
Later celebrated for his topographical landscapes of the Middle East, David Roberts’s first extended trip abroad was in 1832 when he traveled through France to Spain over a period of 10 months. This watercolor records a scene from Roberts’s journey from Madrid to Andalusia. He described the trip in a letter to his sister: "I jogged on a considerable part of the way on foot, happy and contented. Granada is in the most beautiful situation that can be imagined. It lies at the foot of a ridge of high mountains, called the Sierra Nevada, or the Mountains of Snow." Replete with burdened mules, a lone figure on foot, and sun-drenched mountains with a view of Granada in the distance, this watercolor vividly illustrates the artist’s recollections.
date
1834
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q80014912
creators
1474
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Drawing
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 23.2 x 32.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
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England, 19th century
accession
1940.563
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watercolor with gouache, scratch-away, and graphite
tombstone
Descent into the Plain of Granada, 1834. David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864). Watercolor with gouache, scratch-away, and graphite; sheet: 23.2 x 32.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.563
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off-white wove paper
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DR - British
inscriptions
inscription
signed and dated, in brown watercolor, at lower left: D. Roberts 1834
didYouKnow
This drawing was reproduced as a wood engraving in Roscoe's first volume, <em>The Tourist in Spain: Granada</em>.
citations
citation
Roscoe, Thomas. <em>The Tourist in Spain: Granada, Illustrated from Drawings by David Roberts</em>. London: Robert Jennings, 1835.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 43-45; Reproduced: pl. 43
citation
Francis, Henry S. "The Bequest of James Parmelee." <em>Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15-27, 31.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 17
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 76-77, 148, no. 24; Reproduced: p. 77
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Bequest of James Parmelee
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2026-05-29 06:10:58.539000
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119728
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DR - British
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watercolor with gouache, scratch-away, and graphite
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