# Descent into the Plain of Granada, in 19th-century Britain

David Roberts painted this in 1834, aged 38. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

From the museum's label:

> 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.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

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## The work

- Date: 1834
- Medium: watercolor with gouache, scratch-away, and graphite
- Dimensions: Sheet: 23.2 x 32.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 13/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing
- Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1940.563
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[David Roberts](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/david-roberts), Scottish, 1796–1864

1 works in the collection.

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