David Roberts - Ancient Egypt

- Paintings by - David Roberts
- Music - theme from The Mummy - Imhotep - SeriousTrouble
- Music composed & Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith

David Roberts was born on October 24, 1796 at Stock bridge, Edinburgh in Scotland. He exhibited immense artistic talents as a child through his excellent sketches of Scottish monuments and castles. His family encouraged his artistic endowments and he started out as an apprentice to a house painter and decorator. During his seven-year tenure here, he learned art in the evening classes.

David started out on his tour of Egypt in 1838. Between 1833 and 1838, he sold his oil paintings, watercolors and earned commissions for book illustrations. He used this money for his second expedition to Egypt. David was the first English artist to draw the magnificent Egyptian monuments.

David sailed forth from London in August 1838. He went through France, Marseilles, Malta, Greece, and then reached Alexandria in September. From here, he hired a boat, its crew, and a servant and went to Cairo. He visited the pyramids, Sphinx and went ahead with the river journey. During this trip, he visited and surveyed innumerable monuments and temples along River Nile.

During his travels up and downriver Nile, he depicted the lively colors of Cairo, minute ruins, and symbolic details of images and monuments in his watercolors. His drawings highlight the Egyptians monuments before restoration. He put all his visits into more than a hundred sketches, mostly on his way back down the river.

The second part of his Egyptian journey started in 1839. He left Cairo with two of his friends and traveled to Holy Land and modern Lebanon through Suez, Mount Sinai, and Petra. He visited many places from Dan to Beer shebaa.

David only made sketches of places and monuments of the different places he visited. He did not make the complete paintings there itself. Instead, he used the sketches and other material to produce the final paintings in the studio. He returned to England after eleven months.

I selected some of his wonderful & Important works about ancient Egypt in this video .. & wish you enjoy
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best wishes to all
Ahmad Farag Elyan

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[elyan194]

Thanks to all friends & visitors for all nice & lovely comments , they much appreciated , greetings from Egypt , Ahmad

[stierhufe]

i have stand in front of a temple,just amazing ..have think at the moment how did this look with paint and so .I need a time machine and must know how did they build it ^^by the way nice pictures

[elyan194]

@stierhufe

you are very welcome Stierhufe & hope u vest Egypt again & again . greetings

[cuoylyf]

Wonderful work!!! Great video!

[elyan194]

@cuoylyf

Thanks Isis . glad u like .. greetings

[2255zara]

Great video ! Smart and beautiful paintings...Also wonderful music...Very lovely video , thans so much for posting , dear Ahmad ! :)

[elyan194]

@2255zara

you are welcome Zara , ))

[GoldenGarters]

Simply gorgeous.  Thank you for sharing.

[sameh7677]

egypt for ever 

[21nilly]

I am so amazed. Where can I buy some of these paintings. Please. I cannot get over what I saw. Is there a website. Would love to own a few.

Thank you.

[SuperJClaire]

ok i got to say this has REALLY good music in it