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View on the Nile--ferry to Gizeh / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Print

View on the Nile--ferry to Gizeh / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph
View on the Nile--ferry to Gizeh / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849]. 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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This rare antique lithograph captures View on the Nile--ferry to Gizeh / David Roberts, R.A. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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View on the Nile--ferry to Gizeh / David Roberts, R.A.

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Roberts's view shows a ferry crossing the Nile toward Gizeh, where the pyramids rise on the western bank opposite Cairo. The print comes from the third volume of *Egypt & Nubia*, the large lithographic series based on sketches Roberts made during his travels in Egypt in 1838 and 1839. Louis Haghe, who turned Roberts's drawings into stone-printed plates, produced the images, and the color lithographs were issued in parts between 1846 and 1849. Like many of the series' plates, it balances the river traffic of everyday life against the monuments that drew European travelers to the region.

Created / published[published between 1846 and 1849]
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreBook illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850.
NotesIllus. 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. 30.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,470 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217984

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