Entrance to Nablous April 17th 1839 – Antique Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures Entrance to Nablous April 17th 1839 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Entrance to Nablous April 17th 1839
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Roberts sketched this view of the gateway to Nablus, the ancient town of Shechem in the hills of the West Bank, on April 17, 1839, during his tour of the Near East. The lithograph was later drawn by Louis Haghe and published in London between 1842 and 1845 as part of Roberts's six-volume set The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. Haghe's hand-colored finish gives the stone walls, the crowd and the travelers in the foreground the warm, dusty light that made Roberts's views popular with Victorian readers who would never see the region themselves.
| Created / published | [published 1842] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 1, pts. 5-6, p. 11. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 4, pl. 79, p. 12. Tooley, no. 40 |
| Subjects | Nablus--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217457 |
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