Temple on Gebel Garabe called Surabit el Khadim Feby 17th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Wall Art
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This antique lithograph of Temple on Gebel Garabe called Surabit el Khadim Feby 17th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Temple on Gebel Garabe called Surabit el Khadim Feby 17th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts drew this temple on Gebel Garabe, the rocky hill known today as Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai Peninsula, on February 17, 1839. The sanctuary was dedicated to Hathor, the Egyptian goddess linked with turquoise, and it stood beside a mining site where Egyptian expeditions had gone for the blue stone for centuries. Louis Haghe later turned Roberts's sketch into a color lithograph for *The Holy Land*, published in London in parts between 1842 and 1845. The print records how these remote ruins appeared to European travelers at a time when such sites were only beginning to be described in detail.
| Created / published | [published between 1844 and 1845] |
|---|---|
| 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. 3, pts. 19-20, p. 7. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 5, pl. 116, p. 44. Tooley, no. 118 |
| Subjects | Temple of Hathor (Sarābīṭ al-Khādim Site, Egypt)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,456 × 1,168 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217530 |
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