Old Buildings on the Darro, Granada

Old Buildings on the Darro, Granada is an 1834 oil painting by the British artist David Roberts.^[1] A cityscape it features a view on the River Darro in Granada in the old Moorish medieval section of the city.^[2] Roberts, who had made his reputation in the 1820s as a scenic designer for the London theatres, had visited Spain the previous year and spent three weeks in Granada.^[3]

Old Buildings on the Darro, Granada
Artist	David Roberts
Year	1834
Type	Oil on panel, landscape painting
Dimensions	44.4 cm × 59.4 cm (17.5 in × 23.4 in)
Location	Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The work was displayed at the British Institution's annual exhibition in London in 1835 where it was described by the critic of The Athenaeum as "an exquisite thing".^[3] It was donated to the nation in 1857 by the art collector John Sheepshanks and is today in the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington.^[4]