Tomb of Joseph at Shechem 1839 / David Roberts, R.A. – Historic Reproduction
![Tomb of Joseph at Shechem 1839 / David Roberts, R.A., [published 1842] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/50/50637bc86d79-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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Step back in time with Tomb of Joseph at Shechem 1839 / David Roberts, R.A., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Tomb of Joseph at Shechem 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.
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The tomb pictured here is the traditional burial place of Joseph, the son of Jacob, at Shechem, the town now called Nablus in the West Bank. Scripture says the bones Israel carried out of Egypt were buried there (Joshua 24:32), which has long made the site important to Jews, Samaritans, and Christians alike. David Roberts sketched it on his 1839 tour of the Near East, and Louis Haghe turned the drawing into a color lithograph for *The Holy Land*, published in London in parts between 1842 and 1845. Such prints gave European readers a view of biblical places at a time when few could travel there.
| 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. 9. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 4, pl. 78, p. 10. Tooley, no. 38 |
| Subjects | Nablus--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,463 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217455 |
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