Crypt of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem – 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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Step back in time with Crypt of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Crypt of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem
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Few of David Roberts's Holy Land views take the viewer below ground, which makes this crypt of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem a distinctive plate in the series. Roberts sketched the scene on his 1839 journey, and Louis Haghe transferred those drawings into color lithographs for the London edition issued by F. G. Moon in the early 1840s. The church is traditionally held to stand on the site of Golgotha and the tomb of Jesus, so its chambers drew pilgrims of several Christian traditions, and Roberts's work helped bring such places to European readers who could not travel there 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. 3-4, p. 5. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 1, pl. 18, p. 54. Tooley, no. 19 |
| Subjects | Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,450 × 1,168 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217436 |
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