Tomb of the Memlooks, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Print
![Tomb of the Memlooks, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2a/2a3d633c7165-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 Tomb of the Memlooks, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Tomb of the Memlooks, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.
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The domed tombs of the Mamluk sultans and emirs, set on the desert edge northeast of old Cairo, are the subject here. Roberts sketched them during his travels in Egypt in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe transferred his drawing to stone for this color lithograph in the third volume of *Egypt and Nubia*, published in London by F.G. Moon between 1846 and 1849. The Mamluks ruled Egypt from 1250 to 1517, and their funerary architecture, with its carved stone, ribbed domes, and tall minarets, gave Roberts a subject that joined decay and grandeur. The color plate works to show the warm stone against the pale desert sky.
| 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. 21. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,453 × 1,185 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217991 |
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