id:			119728
accession number:	1940.563
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.563
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:42.101000

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

title:				Descent into the Plain of Granada
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creation date:			1834
creation date earliest:		1834
creation date latest:		1834
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creditline:			Bequest of James Parmelee
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	watercolor with gouache, scratch-away, and graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 23.2 x 32.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
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	description:	off-white wove paper
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	inscription:	signed and dated, in brown watercolor, at lower left: D. Roberts 1834
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		European Watercolors Through the 18th Century
	opening date:   1964-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>European Watercolors Through the 18th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 14-March 22, 1964).

	title:		Water Colors from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1973-07-23T04:00:00
	<i>Water Colors from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-September 16, 1973).

	title:		The Birth and Flowering of British Romantic Art
	opening date:   1990-05-01T04:00:00
	<i>The Birth and Flowering of British Romantic Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-July 22, 1990).

	title:		Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century
	opening date:   2004-08-15T00:00:00
	<i>Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).

	title:		British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art 
	opening date:   2013-02-10T00:00:00
	<i>British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(sale, Victor G. Fischer Company Collection, Anderson Galleries, New York, February 19, 1912, no. 656)
	date: 1912
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	James Parmelee [1855-1931], Washington, DC, by descent to Alice Maury Parmelee
	date: ?-1931
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	Alice Maury Parmelee [1866-1940], Washington, DC, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH through the Estate of James Parmelee
	date: 1931-1940
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1940-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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
	url:		https://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002007497259

	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
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140904

	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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