Ruins of the eastern portico of the Temple of Baalbec May 6th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Reproduction
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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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Ruins of the eastern portico of the Temple of Baalbec May 6th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ruins of the eastern portico of the Temple of Baalbec May 6th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts drew this view of the eastern portico at Baalbek on May 6, 1839, during his journey through the Levant, and Louis Haghe later turned the sketch into a color lithograph. The ruined temple complex in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley dates largely to the Roman period and was already a well-known stop for European travelers when Roberts arrived. The plate appeared in *The Holy Land*, which F.G. Moon issued in London in parts between 1842 and 1845, and it helped introduce the sun-bleached stonework of the Near East to a wide British audience. Pay attention to the height and spacing of the columns, which convey the scale that impressed Roberts's contemporaries.
| Created / published | [published 1843] |
|---|---|
| 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. 2, pts. 11-13, p. 10. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 2, pl. 52, p. 70. Tooley, no. 82 |
| Subjects | Ba'labakk (Lebanon)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,446 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217496 |
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