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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Deign
• Sale Date:
  29 Jul 2014 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  232
• Lot Description:
  David Roberts
  (1796-1864)
  Persian Water-wheel, used for Irrigation in Nubia 1847
  pencil and watercolour, heightened with white
  35 x 24.6 cm
  signed and dated 'David Roberts R.A. 1847.' centre right
• Provenance:
  Private Collection, East Africa; Muter & Oswald Auctioneers, Nairobi, Kenya; Private Collection, Nairobi, Kenya; By descent; Private Collection, Brisbane
• References:
  Egypt and Nubia: from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, R.A. with historical descriptions, by William Brockedon, F.R.S. Lithographed by Louis Haghe (6 vols), F.G. Moon, London, 1859, Vol. II, n.p. (illustrated)
• Estimate:
  A$10,000 - 15,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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