Fortress of Ibrim--Nubia / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Wall Art
![Fortress of Ibrim--Nubia / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1f/1f85c9682ccf-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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Step back in time with Fortress of Ibrim--Nubia / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period 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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Fortress of Ibrim--Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.
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Few views of Nubia from this period capture a place as dramatically as Roberts's rendering of the fortress at Ibrim, set on a rocky height above the Nile. Roberts traveled up the river in 1838 and 1839, sketching temples, villages, and ruins that European audiences had rarely seen in detail. Louis Haghe turned those sketches into color lithographs for *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London in parts between 1846 and 1849. The fortress's commanding position explains why it appears so often in travelers' accounts, and the print offers a record of the landscape before later dam construction reshaped the river valley.
| 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 5. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,454 × 1,152 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217948 |
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