Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the inundation / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Print
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(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 Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the inundation / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the inundation / David Roberts, R.A.
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Roberts shows the two seated colossi of Amenhotep III on the west bank at Thebes, near modern Luxor, with the seasonal Nile flood spreading across the plain around them. Ancient travelers knew the northern statue as the "singing" Memnon, which was said to sound at dawn until the Roman emperor Septimius Severus repaired it in the early third century and it fell silent. Roberts made his sketches on his tour of Egypt and Nubia in 1838-1839, and Louis Haghe turned them into color lithographs for the volumes published in London by F. G. Moon between 1846 and 1849. The plate reflects the European fascination with Egypt's monuments in the decades before photography became common.
| 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. 36. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,472 × 1,189 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217963 |
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