Minaret of the principle mosque, Siout, Upper Egypt / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Print
![Minaret of the principle mosque, Siout, Upper Egypt / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/11/11941c2bab80-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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Minaret of the principle mosque, Siout, Upper Egypt / David Roberts, R.A.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Minaret of the principle mosque, Siout, Upper Egypt / David Roberts, R.A.
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Rising above the rooftops of Siout, the minaret of the city's principal mosque is the subject of this color lithograph, one of the Upper Egyptian views David Roberts recorded on his travels up the Nile. Roberts, a Scottish painter, sketched the scenes on the spot in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe transferred them to stone for the three-volume *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London between 1846 and 1849. For European readers of the period, plates like this offered a close look at Egyptian architecture that few could see in person.
| 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. 3, p. 19. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,168 × 1,485 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217983 |
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