Temple at Tafa in Nubia Nov 16th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic 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 Temple at Tafa in Nubia Nov 16th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Temple at Tafa in Nubia Nov 16th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A.
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The temple at Tafa, in Nubia, was sketched by David Roberts on November 16, 1838, during the Nile journey that produced his large survey of Egypt and Nubia. This color lithograph was made by Louis Haghe from Roberts's on-the-spot drawing and issued in the published series, which appeared in London in parts between 1846 and 1849. Roberts's travel drawings were widely admired in Britain, and the series helped shape European images of the ancient monuments of the Nile valley. The print shows the ruins as a traveler of the 1830s actually saw them, before many of these sites were documented in later photographs.
| Created / published | [published between 1846 and 1849] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 7. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217912 |
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