Group of Nubians--Wady Kardassy / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Print
![Group of Nubians--Wady Kardassy / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1b/1bf31dbe3422-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 Group of Nubians--Wady Kardassy / David Roberts, R.A. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Group of Nubians--Wady Kardassy / David Roberts, R.A.
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Few pictures on this board show a group of people rather than a monument, and this one places a cluster of Nubian figures in Wady Kardassy, a valley in the Nubian region of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. David Roberts, the Scottish painter, made the original sketches during his journey through Egypt and Nubia in 1838 and 1839. Louis Haghe then translated them into a color lithograph for *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London by F.G. Moon in parts between 1846 and 1849. The plate reflects the European fascination with Nubian peoples and landscapes, and it was one of the works that shaped how Victorian readers pictured the region.
| 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. 3. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,455 × 1,173 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217977 |
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