Town of Tibarias (sic) looking towards Lebanon / David Roberts, R.A. – Vintage Print
![Town of Tibarias (sic) looking towards Lebanon / David Roberts, R.A., [published 1842] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/46/46f26882e35d-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 Town of Tibarias (sic) looking towards Lebanon / 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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Town of Tibarias (sic) looking towards Lebanon / David Roberts, R.A.
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Titled with the period spelling "Tibarias," this color lithograph shows the town of Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, with the view turned toward Lebanon. David Roberts sketched the scene during his journey through the region in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe transferred those drawings to stone for *The Holy Land*, a series published in London between 1842 and 1845. Herod Antipas founded Tiberias around 20 CE, and by the time Roberts visited it was a small lakeside town. Prints like this one gave European readers a popular pictorial record of biblical places they were unlikely to see in person.
| 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. 5-6, p. 5. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 3, pl. 64, p. 36. Tooley, no. 34 |
| Subjects | Tiberias (Israel)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,456 × 1,168 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217451 |
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