Portrait of David Roberts

Portrait of David Roberts is an 1840 portrait painting by the British artist Robert Scott Lauder.^[1] It depicts his friend and fellow Scottish painter David Roberts in Arab dress.^[2] Roberts was known for his journeys through and depictions of the Middle East, later included in his travelogue The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia. The work was commissioned on Roberts' return to Britain by their mutual friend David Ramsay and portrays him in the actual costume he had acquired in Cairo.^[3]

Portrait of David Roberts
Artist	Robert Scott Lauder
Year	1840
Type	Oil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions	133 cm × 101.3 cm (52 in × 39.9 in)
Location	Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

The work was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1840 in London. Today the painting is in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, having been purchased in 1980.^[4]