David Roberts

1 portrait by Charles West Cope

David Roberts, by Charles West Cope, circa 1862 -NPG 3182(7) - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

David Roberts

by Charles West Cope
circa 1862
4 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. (114 mm x 88 mm)
NPG 3182(7)

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Inscribed (lower right): Dd. Roberts/RA

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The artist; his sale, Christie's, 22 June 1894 (probably lot 27), bought J. P. Heseltine; purchased from Sotheby's, 24 May 1944 (lot 19).


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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