Absaloms Pillar Valley of Jehoshaphat – Antique Wall Art
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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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Absaloms Pillar Valley of Jehoshaphat. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Absaloms Pillar Valley of Jehoshaphat
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Absalom's Pillar, the rock-cut monument in the Kidron Valley east of Jerusalem, is the focus of this color lithograph from David Roberts's The Holy Land. Roberts sketched the scene on the spot during his 1839 journey through the region, and Louis Haghe turned those drawings into stone-printed plates for the London edition published by F.G. Moon between 1842 and 1845. The monument, traditionally linked to the biblical Absalom, has long been identified by travelers with the Valley of Jehoshaphat, a name tied to the belief that this is where the Last Judgment will take place. The plate reflects the mid-nineteenth-century European fascination with biblical sites, which Roberts's work helped popularize.
| 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. 1, pts. 3-4, p. 10. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 1, pl. 25, p. 70. Tooley, no. 24 |
| Subjects | Jerusalem--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217441 |
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