Abyssinian slaves resting at Korti Nubia / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Reproduction
![Abyssinian slaves resting at Korti Nubia / David Roberts, R.A., [published between 1846 and 1849] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4c/4cb50a32e05d-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: Abyssinian slaves resting at Korti Nubia / David Roberts, R.A., preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Abyssinian slaves resting at Korti Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.
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This plate stands out among Roberts's Nubian views because its title names its subject directly: enslaved people from Abyssinia resting at Korti, a stopping point on the Nile in what is now northern Sudan. Roberts sketched the region during his journey up the Nile in 1838 and 1839, and Louis Haghe transferred those drawings to stone for the large color lithographs issued in parts as *Egypt and Nubia* between 1846 and 1849. Along the Nile, the trade in people moving north from the Abyssinian and Sudanese interior was an established part of caravan life, so the scene offers a rare record of a practice that travel books of the period often left unmentioned.
| 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. 27. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,457 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217942 |
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