Petra March 10th 1839 / David Roberts. – Antique Wall Art
![Petra March 10th 1839 / David Roberts., [published between 1844 and 1845] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0e/0e99ee0ea9e4-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Petra March 10th 1839 / David Roberts., preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Petra March 10th 1839 / David Roberts.
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Roberts sketched Petra on March 10, 1839, during the long journey through Egypt, Sinai and the Levant that produced his famous Holy Land views, and this lithograph records the rock-cut city in the rose-colored sandstone gorge of southern Jordan. The print was made by Louis Haghe, who turned Roberts's drawings into color lithographs, and it appeared in the six-part series published in London by F.G. Moon between 1842 and 1845. Petra had been largely unknown to Europeans until Johann Ludwig Burckhardt's rediscovery in 1812, so images like this one introduced its facades and tombs to a wide Victorian audience.
| 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. 16-18, p. 4. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 4, pl. 99, p. 66-67. Tooley, no. 103 |
| Subjects | Petra (Extinct city)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,162 × 1,470 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217516 |
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