1839
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Dead Sea Looking Towards Moab is a 1839 by David Roberts, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a rocky cliffside with a small white fortress built right on the edge. Below it, a deep drop leads to a narrow body of water, and beyond that, flat desert stretches to distant hills. The colors are mostly earthy browns and soft grays, with a pale blue-green water. The artist wrote the title in the corner: *The Dead Sea Looking Towards Moab*. The rough, sketchy lines make the scene feel wild and untamed. Next, check out David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864) to see more of his travel sketches.
David Roberts (24 October 1796 – 25 November 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and…
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