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

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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