Baalbec / 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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Step back in time with Baalbec / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Baalbec / David Roberts, R.A.
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Baalbek, in what is now Lebanon, is the subject here, and David Roberts drew its great temple ruins on his 1839 journey through the region. The lithograph appeared in the second volume of The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia, published in parts between 1842 and 1845 with prints made by Louis Haghe from Roberts's on-the-spot sketches. Roberts's careful draftsmanship and Haghe's color work made these plates among the most admired views of the Near East in the nineteenth century, and the set helped shape European images of the region for decades.
| Created / published | [published 1842] |
|---|---|
| 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. 11-13, p. 4. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 2, pl. 46, p. 58. Tooley, no. 76 |
| Subjects | Ba'labakk (Lebanon)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,458 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217490 |
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