The entrance to the citadel of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Wall Art
![The entrance to the citadel of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/25/25eb84065b85-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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A window into the past: The entrance to the citadel of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., preserved in this antique lithograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The entrance to the citadel of Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.
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Few gateways in Cairo carry as much history as the entrance to the citadel, the fortress Saladin began building on a spur of the Muqattam hills in the 1170s. David Roberts made his drawings during his travels in Egypt in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe transferred them to color lithograph for the third volume of *Egypt and Nubia*, published in London between 1846 and 1849. Roberts's views reached a wide European readership eager for images of the Near East, and this one records a stronghold that served as the seat of Egyptian government for centuries.
| 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. 3, p. 16. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,445 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218017 |
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