Edinburgh from the Calton Hill

National Exhibition of Works of Art, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, 1868–1868

Scottish paintings from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Nov 1981–06 Dec 1981

For Auld Lang Syne: images of Scottish Australia from First Fleet to Federation, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, 12 Apr 2014–27 Jul 2014

The Greats: masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 24 Oct 2015–14 Feb 2016

European Old Masters 16th-19th Century from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, , 28 Sep 2017–03 Dec 2017

Anon., Sydney Morning Herald, no 16312, 'Art, music and the drama', Sydney, 05 Jul 1890, p 5.

Anon., Sydney Morning Herald, no 16465, 'Review of the year artistic', Sydney, 31 Dec 1890, p 10.

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales annual report 2013–14, Sydney, 2014, p 63.

James Ballantine, The Life of David Roberts RA, Edinburgh, 1866, p 252. the sketch in Roberts’s journal illus p 191.

John E Branch, Picture study in schools, records of the Education Society, no 7, Sydney, 1913, pp 59–60,illus p 59.

Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, p 168, illus p 168.

Clarisse Godard Desmarest (Editor), The new town of Edinburgh. An architectured celebration, Edinburgh, 2019, col illus (detail) front cover.

Helen Guiterman and Briony Llewellyn, David Roberts, London, 1986, p 99.

Alison Inglis and Patricia Macdonald (Curators), For Auld Lang Syne: images of Scottish Australia from First Fleet to Federation, Ballarat, 2014, p 290, col illus p 291.

Anne Kirker and Peter Tomory, British painting 1800–1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, p 152, no 1867, illus p 152.

Katherine Sim, David Roberts R.A., 1796-1864: A biography, London, 1984, p 59. illus from Roberts journal/account book?

Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 27.3.1903-25.8.1909, Sydney, 1903-1909, p 250 (24 Aug 1905).

Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 31.8.1880-4.8.1891, Sydney, 1880-1891, p 495 (9 Sep 1890).

Scottish paintings in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, illus np.

National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 28, no 67.

Catalogue of the very valuable and important collection of modern pictures, water-colour drawings, and engravings of Frederick William Cosens, Esq., F.S.A., Deceased, late of Melbury Road, and the Shelleys, Lewes, London, 17 May 1890-20 May 1890, p 21, no 133.

National exhibition of works of art at Leeds, 1868: official catalogue, Leeds, 1869, p 77, no 1315.

National exhibition of works of art at Leeds, 1868: official catalogue, Leeds, 1868, p 86, no 1315.

Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 20 Sep 1890.

National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, p 20, no 40.

New South Wales Art Gallery pictures, Sydney, 1931.

National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 19, no 42.

AGNSW archive BF12/1896, 31 Jul 1896.

National Art Gallery (report of trustees for the year 1890), Sydney, 1891, p 1.