Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 26 / 15½ x 10

A beautiful view of Ranelagh Gardens in its heyday, with a masquerade in progress. Ranelagh Gardens was one of the largest and most spectacular pleasure gardens of the era. Like its great rival Vauxhall Gardens, it fell into decay in the early nineteenth-century. It was closed in 1805. The site of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 25 / 15 x 10

A magnificent view of a Royal Ball in front of the Rotunda at Ranelagh, with crowds, a masquerade and Maypole dancing. Ranelagh Gardens was one of the largest and most spectacular pleasure gardens of the era, and a playground for royalty and the wealthy for the latter eighteenth century. Like its ...

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 25 / 15 x 10

A beautiful view of the imposing Roman Gateway in Cordova. A musician strums his guitar to the left of the scene, whilst locals sit or stand in groups chatting, with the magnificent gateway towering over them.Known as the Scottish Canaletto, David Roberts was considered one of the best ...

Dimensions (W x H): 28.5 x 39 / 11 x 15½

A stunning view of the Alcala Gate in Madrid, with people and cattle busily thronging the street below the towering gate. Known as the Scottish Canaletto, David Roberts was considered one of the best topographical artists of his generation. He visited Spain and Tangier on the recommendation of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 26.5 / 15½ x 10½

A spectacular view of Seville Cathedral showing the clergy in all their splendour processing down the aisle, with the faithful kneeling and worshipping to the right of the picture.Known as the Scottish Canaletto, David Roberts was considered one of the best topographical artists of his generation. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 40.5 / 11 x 16

A rather raffish character, McSwiny made and lost “a moderate younger brother’s fortune” as a theatrical impresario in London. With the failure of Handel’s Teseo in 1713 he was bankrupted and forced to flee abroad. Settling in Italy he continued to act as an agent for Italian opera in London, ...

A beautiful scetch of the Khazneh temple showing a few locals by the entrance to the tempe.Known as the Scottish Canaletto, David Roberts was considered one of the best topographical artists of his generation.

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 48.5 / 13 x 19

A beautiful rustic scene looking across to The Escorial in the distance. This palatial complex, 45 kilometres northwest of Madrid, lies at the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range which is depicted here in Roberts’s stunning view. In the foreground of the picture to the left is a wooden ...

Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 28 / 15½ x 11