Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea Feby 27th 1839 / 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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Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea Feby 27th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea Feby 27th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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The "Isle of Graia" in this view is the small island at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba, known today as Pharaoh's Island (Jazirat Fara'un). Roberts drew it in February 1839, during the Near Eastern journey that produced his Holy Land sketches. A medieval fortress stands on the island, built in the Crusader period under the name Graye, and its ruined walls are the feature a viewer is most likely to notice. Louis Haghe turned Roberts's drawing into this color lithograph for *The Holy Land*, which was published in London in parts between 1842 and 1845.
| Created / published | [published between 1844 and 1845] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 16-18, p. 8. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 5, pl. 105, p. 16-17. Tooley, no. 107 Exhibited: Jordanian Display" at the Library of Congress |
| Subjects | Aqaba, Gulf of--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,450 × 1,166 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217520 |
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