View of Constantinople
1840/45 · Graphite, heightened with lead white, on tan wove paper, laid down on ivory board · 45.6 × 59.8 cm (18 × 23 9/16 in.)
Roberts, View of Constantinople, 1840/45. Graphite, heightened with lead white, on tan wove paper, laid down on ivory board.
The Art Institute of Chicago · The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
How to look at a Roberts
- In the Constantinople sheets, find where the white heightening is and notice how little of it there is.
- Trace the value of the buildings from the foreground back. Each row is a step lighter.
- In Dole, find the eye level (the bridge arches give it away) and check that every window sill obeys it.
