Askelon / D Roberts, R.A. – Historic Reproduction
![Askelon / D Roberts, R.A., [published 1843] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3a/3a5803a1b6dd-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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Askelon / D Roberts, R.A. 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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Askelon / D Roberts, R.A.
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Ashkelon, the Mediterranean port that the Hebrew Bible counts among the five chief Philistine cities, is the subject here, drawn as David Roberts saw it during his 1839 journey through the region. Roberts sketched on the spot, and Louis Haghe turned those drawings into color lithographs for *The Holy Land*, published in London by F.G. Moon between 1842 and 1845. The series made Roberts's views of biblical sites familiar to a wide British audience. Its appeal lay in pairing archaeological interest with religious devotion, a combination typical of the period's travel imagery.
| Created / published | [published 1843] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850. |
| 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. 2, pts. 7-8, p. 13. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 3, pl. 68, p. 48-49. Tooley, no. 56 |
| Subjects | Ashḳelon (Israel)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,451 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217471 |
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