Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Print
![Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/29/291f8bd1dae4-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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Temple of Wady Saboua, Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.
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Wady Saboua, also spelled Wadi es-Sebua, is a rock-cut temple on the Nile in Nubia, built during the reign of Ramesses II in the 13th century BCE. David Roberts visited the site in 1838 and 1839, when European travelers were only beginning to document Egypt and Nubia in detail. Louis Haghe turned Roberts's sketches into color lithographs, and this plate appeared in the publication issued in parts by F.G. Moon between 1846 and 1849. Its wide, sun-struck view of the temple shows how Roberts's work shaped Victorian ideas of ancient Egypt.
| 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. 43. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217915 |
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