Dakke in Nubia Nov 14th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Print
![Dakke in Nubia Nov 14th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/16/16d80fe75186-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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Dakke in Nubia Nov 14th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Dakke in Nubia Nov 14th 1838 / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts sketched this view of the temple at Dakke, in Lower Nubia, on November 14, 1838, during the Egyptian and Nubian journey that produced much of his best-known work. The temple was built in the Ptolemaic period, when Greek rulers of Egypt commissioned sandstone shrines in the traditional Egyptian style, and European travelers of the 1830s and 1840s were drawn to such sites as evidence of a vanished civilization. The print was made by Louis Haghe, who translated Roberts's sketches into color lithographs. It appeared in a multipart series published in London between 1846 and 1849.
| 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. 1, pt. 19. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217908 |
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