Medinet Abou, Thebes / David Roberts, R.A. – Antique Print
![Medinet Abou, Thebes / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/32/321cf88e67b3-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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This rare antique lithograph captures Medinet Abou, Thebes / David Roberts, R.A. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Medinet Abou, Thebes / David Roberts, R.A.
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On the west bank of the Nile at Thebes, Medinet Habu is the mortuary temple of the pharaoh Ramesses III, and this plate shows its monumental stone walls and gateway as Roberts saw them. Roberts traveled in Egypt and Nubia in 1838 and 1839, sketching ruins on the spot, and Louis Haghe turned those drawings into lithographs for the multivolume *Egypt & Nubia*. The plate appeared in London between 1846 and 1849 as part of the work's second volume. Its popularity helped fix the image of Egypt's antiquities for European readers of the period.
| 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. 2, pt. 18. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,455 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217952 |
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