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Greek Church of the Holy Sepul., Jerusalem, April 11th, 1839 / David Roberts. – Historic Reproduction

Greek Church of the Holy Sepul., Jerusalem, April 11th, 1839 / David Roberts., [published 1842] — antique lithograph
Greek Church of the Holy Sepul., Jerusalem, April 11th, 1839 / David Roberts., [published 1842]. Antique lithograph from the Middle East & Holy Land collection.

(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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Greek Church of the Holy Sepul., Jerusalem, April 11th, 1839 / David Roberts. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Greek Church of the Holy Sepul., Jerusalem, April 11th, 1839 / David Roberts.

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This color lithograph shows the Greek church within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, a site the record dates to April 11, 1839. The Scottish painter David Roberts made the original sketch on the spot during his Near Eastern travels, and the Belgian-born lithographer Louis Haghe turned it into a print for Roberts's *The Holy Land* series, published in London in the early 1840s. The church is traditionally identified as the site of Golgotha and Jesus's tomb, and its chapels have long been shared among several Christian communities, a layered arrangement that Roberts's views made familiar to European audiences.

Created / published[published 1842]
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreBook illustrations 1840-1850.Lithographs Color 1840-1850.
NotesIllus. 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. 1-2, p. 4. Surrogate reference copy available in: The Holy Land / David Roberts. Tel-Aviv, Israel : Terra Sancta Arts, 1982, v. 1, pl. 15, p. 48. Tooley, no. 3
SubjectsChurch of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)--1840-1850.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,471 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217423

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