Interior of the Temple of Aboo-Simbel Novr 9th 1838 Nubia / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Print
![Interior of the Temple of Aboo-Simbel Novr 9th 1838 Nubia / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4b/4bd674682bab-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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A window into the past: Interior of the Temple of Aboo-Simbel Novr 9th 1838 Nubia / David Roberts, R.A., preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Interior of the Temple of Aboo-Simbel Novr 9th 1838 Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.
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Drawn on the spot by David Roberts on November 9, 1838, this view looks into the inner hall of the rock temple at Abu Simbel in Nubia. Roberts, a Scottish painter, traveled through Egypt and Nubia in the late 1830s, recording the cliff-cut halls where colossal figures of Ramesses II stand against massive pillars. Louis Haghe transferred the sketch to stone for a color lithograph in the series *Egypt & Nubia*, published in London by F.G. Moon between 1846 and 1849. The prints gave Victorian readers a way to imagine ancient Egypt at a time when few could make the journey themselves.
| 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. 1, pt. 14. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,430 × 1,160 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217934 |
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