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Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford

Ref: 9
  • Artist

    David Roberts RA (1796–1864)

  • Detail

    Watercolour

    43 x52 cm (inc. frame)

    Scottish, 1834

  • Signed and dated

    D. Roberts, 1834

  • Provenance

    [. . .]; acquired from Fine Art Society, 7 May 1981; Clive and Jane Wainwright

  • Exhibited

    William Morris and the Middle Ages, Whitworth Art Gallery, 28 September – 8 December 1984, no. 2

    The Prince Regent: Patron of the arts and sciences, Knapp Gallery, Regent’s College, 25 June to 26 September 1986, no. 1

    A.W.N. Pugin: Master of Gothic Revival, Bard Graduate Center, New York, 9 November 1995–25 February 1996, no. 8

    William Morris y compañia: el movimento Arts & Crafts in Gran Bretaña, Fundaci.n Juan March, Madrid, 6 October 2017 – 21 January 2018, and Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, 22 February – 21 May 2018

    The Clive and Jane Wainwright Collection, H. Blairman & Sons, 21 June – 14 July 2023, no. 9

  • Literature

    Joanna Banham and Jennifer Harris, eds, William Morris and the Middle Ages, Manchester, 1984,pp. 68–70

    Paul Atterbury, ed., A.W.N. Pugin: Master of Gothic Revival, New Haven and London, 1995, no. 8

    Paul Atterbury, ed., A.W.N. Pugin: Master of Gothic Revival, Bard Graduate Center, New Haven and London, 1996, no. 8

    Manuel Font.n del Junco and Maria Zozaya Alvarez (eds.), William Morris y compañia: el movimiento Arts & Crafts in Gran Bretaña, Madrid, 2017, p. 210, no. 1

    Clive and Jane Wainwright Collection, London: H. Blairman & Sons, 2023, no. 9