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Church of the Purification Jerusalem April 5th 1839 – Historic Print

Church of the Purification Jerusalem April 5th 1839, [published 1842] — antique lithograph
Church of the Purification Jerusalem April 5th 1839, [published 1842]. Antique lithograph from the Middle East & Holy Land collection.

(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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Church of the Purification Jerusalem April 5th 1839 comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Church of the Purification Jerusalem April 5th 1839

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Roberts's sketch of the Church of the Purification is dated April 5, 1839, the day he recorded it on the spot during his tour of the Near East. The church takes its name from the Christian feast of the Purification, which marks the presentation of Jesus in the Temple, and it stood among the many Christian sites that drew Western travelers to Jerusalem in the 1830s. Louis Haghe turned Roberts's drawing into this color lithograph for *The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia*, published in London by F.G. Moon, and the print shows the same mix of careful architectural detail and atmosphere that made the series popular.

Created / published[published 1842]
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreBook illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850.
NotesIllus. 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. 1, pts. 3-4, p. 3. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 1, pl. 21, p. 60. Tooley, no. 15
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,471 × 1,182 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217434

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