Dayr el Medeeneh--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Reproduction
![Dayr el Medeeneh--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/12/122f26aa87ba-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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This rare antique lithograph captures Dayr el Medeeneh--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Dayr el Medeeneh--Thebes / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts drew this view of Dayr el Medeeneh on the west bank of Thebes, the ancient capital whose temples and tombs had drawn European travelers since the late eighteenth century. The plate comes from *Egypt & Nubia*, a large publication of Roberts's drawings made during his 1838–1839 journey, which Louis Haghe translated into color lithographs. Issued in parts between 1846 and 1849, the series helped define how Victorian readers pictured the monuments of the Nile. Look closely at the scale of the ruins against the open desert, a contrast Roberts used to convey the age and emptiness of the site.
| 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. 2, pt. 33. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,462 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217965 |
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